English Dictionary

fade

/feɪd/

noun

(golf) A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).

The fade of the sunset was breathtaking.

意味（1）

(golf) A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).

If you confine yourself to hitting straight shots while you are developing your golf swing, you are less likely to develop a preference for hitting a fade or a draw.

意味（2）

A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.

意味（3）

(slang) A fight.

意味（4）

(music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).

意味（5）

(slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.

Ace could have done a fade. Instead, he gathered all his courage — which was not inconsiderable, even in his middle age — and went to see the Flying Corson Brothers.