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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dim \Dim\, adjective [Compar. {Dimmer}; superl. {Dimmest}.] [AS. dim; akin to OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of uncertain origin.]
1. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.
The dim magnificence of poetry. --Whewell.
How is the gold become dim! --Lam. iv. 1.
I never saw The heavens so dim by day. --Shak.
Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. --Wordsworth.
2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. --Job xvii. 7.
The understanding is dim. --Rogers.
Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc.
Syn: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dim \Dim\, verb (used without an object) To grow dim. --J. C. Shairp.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dim \Dim\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Dimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dimming}.]
1. 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.
A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants. --Dryden.
Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways. --Cowper.
2. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears. --C. Pitt.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" [syn: {dim}, {subdued}]
2: 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" [syn: {dim}, {faint}, {shadowy}, {vague}, {wispy}]
3: made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner" [syn: {dimmed}, {dim}] [ant: {bright}, {undimmed}]
4: offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things" [syn: {black}, {bleak}, {dim}]
5: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" [syn: {dense}, {dim}, {dull}, {dumb}, {obtuse}, {slow}]
verb
1: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam [syn: {dim}, {dip}]
2: become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
3: make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
4: make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: {blind}, {dim}]
5: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: {blur}, {dim}, {slur}] [ant: {focalise}, {focalize}, {focus}]
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