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Dim Definition

dim

See also Dim, and dim.

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English

Etymology

Old English dimm. Compare Icelandic dimmur (“dark”) and dimma (“darkness”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dim (comparative dimmer, superlative dimmest)

  1. Not bright or colorful.
    The lighting was too dim for me to make out his facial features.
  2. Not smart or intelligent.
    He may be a bit dim, but he's not retarded.
  3. Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
    His vision grew dimmer as he aged.
  4. Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.

Verb

dim (third-person singular simple present dims, present participle dimming, simple past and past participle dimmed)

  1. (transitive) To make something less bright.
    He dimmed the lights and put on soft music.
  2. (intransitive) To become darker.
    The lights dimmed briefly when the air condition was turned on.

Translations

to make something less bright
  • Russian: затемнять
to become darker
  • Bulgarian: потъмнявам (bg)
  • Italian: affievolirsi (it)
  • Russian: тускнеть (ru)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch duim.

Noun

dim

  1. thumb

Lojban

Rafsi

dim

  1. Rafsi of dimna.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse dimmr. Related to English dim and Icelandic dimmur.

Noun

dim (m. and f.), dimt (n), dimme (pl.)

  1. dim
  2. to have bad vision
    Han er dim på synet
    His vision is dim/bad

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dȉm m. (Cyrillic spelling ди̏м)

  1. smoke

Declension

declension of dim
singular plural
nominative dim dimovi
genitive dima dimova
dative dimu dimovima
accusative dim dimove
vocative dime dimovi
locative dimu dimovima
instrumental dimom dimovima

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Noun

dim m.

  1. smoke (particles and vapor/vapour given off by burning material)

Welsh

Adjective

dim

  1. any
  2. no, not, none

Noun

dim m.

  1. anything
  2. nothing, none, nil

 

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