fade

Weak; insipid; tasteless.

1825, Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, review of Theodric by Thomas Campbell Passages that are somewhat fade.

His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.

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.

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.

A fight.

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).

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.

To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.

The Golden Bear faded the ball from left to right with great consistency, so he seldom had to worry about trouble on the left.

To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

The earth mourneth and fadeth away.

To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

[flowers] that never fade

The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.

He makes a swanlike end, / Fading in music.

To cause to fade.