To lose strength, become weaker; to wane; to disappear or reduce slowly.

(art) A technique of painting young women, by having their clothes fade into the background.

nonsense

(intransitive) To trifle; to dally.

To accept what is true, especially when it is undesirable.

Displaying sadness. / (literally) Having a long face.

(idiomatic) A face that is expressionless, especially not laughing.

a film punctuation in which the picture brightens until it is completely a single color

To employ a form of film punctuation in which the picture brightens until it is completely white.

(film) An ending of this kind.