fade-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: (Cause to) gradually lose visual or aural clarity, or sharpness perceptually

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[theme[abstract]] FADE PP NP1 FADE NP2[theme[abstract]] INCLUDES: FADE OUT, FADE AWAY

Examples:
This was a work that swelled to a deafening roar then faded to a whisper.
Interesting how the sun faded the paint and we can see it so evidently.
He faded the music in the background.
This wedding picture faded away in an album until we rescued it through photo restoration.
Subsequent images from other telescopes revealed that the afterglow faded far more gradually than expected.
Then the smile faded off the Pigman's face.
The face assumed a livid hue, and the light faded out of the wide-open eyes.
The colour faded from his cheeks, one hand rose waveringly and pointed over my shoulder into the distance.
The right picture faded away and the text slides across to the left also fading away.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: fade.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fade_away 1
fade_out 1

Sense Number 2: physically languish; slowly die; become reduced physically as an organism or as a physical condition of an organism.

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[patient[concrete]] FADE (PP) INCLUDES: FADE AWAY

Examples:
His rash faded over the next 4 days.
Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
The roses were fading.
The prisoner has been fading for years in the dungeon.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: fade.01
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fade_away 1