beehive vs fade

beehive

noun
  • A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer. 

  • An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young. 

  • A particular style of hat. 

  • Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy. 

  • A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey. 

  • A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air. 

  • In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life configuration with a rounded appearance. 

verb
  • To style ones hair in a hive-shaped or bouffant form. 

  • To fill (a place) with busy activity. 

fade

noun
  • A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade. 

  • The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure. 

  • A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed). 

  • A fight. 

  • A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song). 

verb
  • To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. 

  • To hit the ball with the shot called a fade. 

  • To bet against. 

  • To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. 

  • To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. 

  • To cause to fade. 

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