• IPA: /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/

1. present participle of fade#English|fade.

   fading light;  fading memory;  fading reputation

fading (plural fadings)

1. The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.
   • 1854, Herman Melville, Israel Potter

     […] the rude earth of the wall had no painted lustre to shed off all fadings and tarnish […]

2. (obsolete) An Irish dance.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher, “The Burning Pestle”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972 ↗, Act 3, scene 5:

     Fading is a fine jig.

3. (obsolete) The burden of a song.
   • c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The VVinters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene iv]:

     He has the prettiest love songs for maids, so without bawdry, which is strange with such delicate burdens of dildos and fadings