All fade away synonyms
fade aΒ·way
F f verb fade away
- bate β (of hawks) to jump violently from a perch or the falconer's fist, often hanging from the leash while struggling to escape
- ebb β the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- wane β to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- crumble β If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
- degenerate β If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
- rot β to undergo decomposition; decay.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- droop β to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- decay β When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
- subside β to sink to a low or lower level.
- molder β to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- rankle β (of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
- fade β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- moderate β kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- sink β to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- abate β If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- slacken β If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- wilt β to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do.
- lapse β an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
- recede β to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- retrograde β moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
- dilapidate β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- abbreviate β If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
- taper β to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- retrench β to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
- attenuate β To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- contract β A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
- drain β to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- shrivel β shrink, dry up
- depreciate β If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
- minify β to make less.
- vamoose β to leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp.
- abscond β If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission.
- clear β Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- vacate β to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
- disperse β to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- decamp β If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly.
- dematerialize β to cease to have material existence, as in science fiction or spiritualism
- deliquesce β (esp of certain salts) to dissolve gradually in water absorbed from the air
- pulverize β to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- disconnect β SCSI reconnect
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- worsen β Make or become worse.
- atomize β to separate or be separated into free atoms
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.