fade

²fade

noun

Definition of FADE

1

a : fade-out b : a gradual changing of one picture to another in a motion-picture or television sequence

2

: a fading of an automobile brake

3

: a slight to moderate and usually intentional slice in golf

4

: a hairstyle similar to a crew cut in which the hair on top of the head stands high

Examples of FADE

1. The movie ends with a fade to black.

First Known Use of FADE

1918

Other Broadcasting Terms

continuity, dissolve, feed, remote, residual, spike, wipe

Rhymes with FADE

bod, clod, Fahd, gaud, god, hod, mod, nod, od, odd, plod, pod, prod, quad, quod, rod, scrod, shod, sod, squad, tod, wad