The Clue
Cover a dice bet (4 letter answer)
The Answer
FADE
Tags
Notes
The answer FADE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
Related Clues
Dim
Evanesce
Languish
Pale
Vanish
Weaken
Cover a bet
Dicer's verb
Diminish in color
Falter at the finish
Film technique
Grow dim
Lose brilliance
Lose brilliancy
Lose color
Lose vigor
Pass the peak
Peter out
Screenplay direction
Wash out
Wither away
Be outscored at the end
Become washed out
Become washed-out
Bet against a dicer
Cover a bet at dice
Lose one's blush
Lose strength in the backstretch
Move back to pass
Move backward, as a quarterback
Movie ending effect
Sparkle a little less
Bet against the dice caster
Fail to keep up the pace
Lose support, as at campaign's end
Not do well in the stretch
Scene-ending film technique
What some things do in the sun
Definition
FADE as a noun:
1. (slice, fade, slicing) = a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing"
2. (fade, disappearance) = gradually ceasing to be visible
FADE as a verb:
1. (fade, melt) = become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
2. (fade, wither) = lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
3. (evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass) = disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
4. (languish, fade) = become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"