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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dim \Dim\, v. i. To grow dim. --J. C. Shairp From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [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; "dim the lights" 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}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: DIM {DIM statement}
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