Dim
[dɪm]
Definition
(verb.) make dim or lusterless; 'Time had dimmed the silver'.
(verb.) become dim or lusterless; 'the lights dimmed and the curtain rose'.
(verb.) switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam.
(adj.) lacking in light; not bright or harsh; 'a dim light beside the bed'; 'subdued lights and soft music' .
(adj.) lacking clarity or distinctness; 'a dim figure in the distance'; 'only a faint recollection'; 'shadowy figures in the gloom'; 'saw a vague outline of a building through the fog'; 'a few wispy memories of childhood' .
Typist: Maura--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.
(superl.) Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
(v. t.) To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.
(v. t.) To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
(v. i.) To grow dim.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Dusky, dark, obscure, shadowy, cloudy, not luminous.[2]. Dull, obtuse, slow to see.[3]. Darkened, obscured, clouded, faint, confused, shorn of its beams.
v. a. Darken, obscure, cloud.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See JUST_and_HONEST]
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Definition
adj. not bright or distinct: obscure: mysterious: not seeing clearly.—v.t. to make dark: to obscure.—v.i. to become dim:—pr.p. dim′ming; pa.p. dimmed.—adv. Dim′ly.—adj. Dim′mish somewhat dim.—n. Dim′ness.
Editor: Mervin
Examples
- The light was dull; the distance was dim. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She sat down among the roots of the alder tree, dim and veiled, hearing the sound of the sluice like dew distilling audibly into the night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It had cleared in the morning, and the sun was shining with a subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the great city. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the chill air, in the dim light, in the gloomy morning silence of the house, we three sat down together, and tried to eat, tried to talk. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A century has not dimmed Fulton’s fame, nor set aside his claim to be the practical inventor of the steamboat. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- As dawn approached, the setting stars and breaking day dimmed the creation of fancy; the wakened song of birds hushed her whispers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The ocean every moment assumed a more terrific aspect, while the twilight was dimmed by the rack which the west wind spread over the sky. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- His mother could not see him for awhile, through the mist that dimmed her eyes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And is justice dimmer in the individual, and is her form different, or is she the same which we found her to be in the State? Plato. The Republic.
- So did the old man, otherwise still unchanged in attitude; so, probably, did the old woman in her dimmer part of the room. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Dusk was beginning to reign; her parlour fire already glowed with twilight ruddiness; but I thought she wished the room dimmer, the hour later. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Yes, and more than that, this process of engraving is dimming to the eyes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The dusk was just dimming the hollows of crowded houses. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He approached, with dimmest curiosity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Bearing these gifts, they raised the latch of Betty Higden's door, and saw her sitting in the dimmest and furthest corner with poor Johnny in her lap. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In this no fatal blindness dims thine eyes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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