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fade Tweet Definition of fade Like Definition of fade on Facebook
noun 
  1. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw.
verb (fad, ing)
  1. (intransitive) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
  2. (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
  3. (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
adjective (fad, er)
  1. weak, Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.
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filmic Tweet Definition of filmic Like Definition of filmic on Facebook
adjective 
  1. (nonstandard) of or relating to movies; cinematic
     
filmography Tweet Definition of filmography Like Definition of filmography on Facebook
noun 
  1. (colloquial) A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
     
flag Tweet Definition of flag Like Definition of flag on Facebook
noun 
  1. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
  2. (context, nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
  3. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
  4. (context, computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
  5. (context, computer science) In a CLI, command line interface, a notation requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
verb (flag, g, ing)
  1. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of
  2. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
    • Please a taxi down for me.
      1. (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
    • ''His strength flagged toward the end of the race.
      1. (context, computing): To signal (an event).
    • The compiler flagged three errors.
      1. (context, computing): To set a program variable to true.
    • Flag the debug option before running the program.
adjective 
  1. Of or pertaining to an admiral, commodore, or general officer.
    • Captains park in the second row, officers next to the building. =
     
foley Tweet Definition of foley Like Definition of foley on Facebook
noun 
  1. (uncountable), The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images
  2. (countable), A foley artist
     
freeze frame Tweet Definition of freeze frame Like Definition of freeze frame on Facebook
noun 
  1. A still frame or picture taken from a video, film, or motion picture.
     

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