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 →

2) To slowly become quieter, weaker or less clear until it disappears: the music faded, the light faded, the memory faded. tree →

3) Of flowers, to wilt and die. tree →

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 →
• The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places. (Prophets 2SA.22.46, JPS 1917) tree →
• The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places. (Writings PSA.18.46, JPS 1917) tree →
• The sun has faded the poster on the window. tree →
• The bruise faded after a week. tree →
• The music faded away at the end of the song. tree →
• Daylight faded and the stars came out. tree →
• My old jeans have faded to light blue. tree →
• The sound of the train faded into the distance. tree →
• The flowers faded in the vase. tree →
• His hope began to fade as the clock ticked. tree →

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.
• For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
• The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail.
• The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.
• The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the breath of the LORD bloweth upon it — surely the people is grass.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fade» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.