3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: dim adj 1: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" [syn: {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: {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}] [ant: {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}] 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}, {dull}, {dumb}, {obtuse}, {slow}] v 1: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam [syn: {dip}] 2: become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown" [syn: {darken}] [ant: {brighten}] 3: become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose" 4: make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver" 5: make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: {blind}] 6: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: {blur}, {slur}] [ant: {focus}] [also: {dimming}, {dimmed}, {dimmest}, {dimmer}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: dimming See {dim}
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