'Dim' definitions:

Definition of 'dim'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" [syn: dim, subdued]
adjective
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]
adjective
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]
adjective
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]
adjective
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
Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam [syn: dim, dip]
verb
Become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
verb
Make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
verb
Make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: blind, dim]
verb
Become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus]

Definition of 'Dim'

From: GCIDE
  • Dim \Dim\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears. --C. Pitt. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dim'

From: GCIDE
  • Dim \Dim\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • The dim magnificence of poetry. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
  • How is the gold become dim! --Lam. iv. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • I never saw The heavens so dim by day. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse. [1913 Webster]
  • Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. --Job xvii. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • The understanding is dim. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc.
  • Syn: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dim'

From: GCIDE
  • Dim \Dim\, v. i. To grow dim. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'dim'

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