Fade has multiple meanings, including

• Fade (audio engineering), the gradual increase or decrease in sound volume
• Fade (lighting), the gradual increase or decrease in intensity of a light source
• Fade (radio), the loss of signal strength at a radio receiver
• In golf, a fade is a type of shot in which the ball curves slightly from left to right for right handed players or vice versa for left-handed players
• Brake fade, the condition where mechanical brakes lose stopping ability due to heating
• Fade (novel), a novel by Robert Cormier
• Fade (computer game), a computer adventure game
• Fade, a hairstyle characterized by a gradual decrease in the length of hair on the sides and back of the head
• "Fade", an another term for a "Myrdraal" in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time book series