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# fade

«fade» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To slowly lose colour or brightness: the sun faded the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (fade, fades, faded, fading); noun (a fade — in film or music)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To slowly lose colour or brightness: the sun faded the curtains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#m1)

2) To slowly become quieter, weaker or less clear until it disappears: the music faded, the light faded, the memory faded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#m2)

3) Of flowers, to wilt and die. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these verses it means to wither, like grass or leaves. Interpretation: The Psalms use fading grass as a picture of the short life of the wicked and of human beings in general. In the primary lessons: In science, sunlight (ultraviolet light) breaks down dyes, so colours fade over time; this can be tested by leaving coloured paper in the sun. Light fades at dusk, and sounds fade as you move away from them. In health, a bruise fades as it heals; a rash that does not fade when a glass is pressed on it needs urgent help (the glass test). In stories, characters' hopes or voices fade, and "fade away" ends scenes. Phrases: "fade away", "fade out", "fade in", "faded jeans", "fade into the background".

### examples

- For they shall soon wither like the grass, and fade as the green herb. (Writings PSA.37.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#x1)
- The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places. (Prophets 2SA.22.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#x2)
- The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places. (Writings PSA.18.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#x3)
- The sun has faded the poster on the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#x4)
- The bruise faded after a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#x5)
- The music faded away at the end of the song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#x6)
- Daylight faded and the stars came out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#x7)
- My old jeans have faded to light blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#x8)
- The sound of the train faded into the distance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#x9)
- The flowers faded in the vase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#x10)
- His hope began to fade as the clock ticked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/#x11)

### note

Regular verb: faded, fading (drop the e before -ing). Do not confuse "faded" with "fated" (decided by fate). "Fade" is gradual, not sudden. A "fade" is also a haircut style (US).

### In the corpora

- [The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.705/)
- [For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.31/)
- [The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.490/)
- [The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.493/)
- [The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the breath of the LORD bloweth upon it — surely the people is grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.842/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fade» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fade/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.