Dim : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dim	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dim adj lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" Synonym(s): dim, subdued 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" Synonym(s): dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner" Synonym(s): dimmed, dim Antonym(s): bright, undimmed 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" Synonym(s): black, bleak, dim 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" Synonym(s): dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow v switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam Synonym(s): dim, dip become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose" make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver" make dim by comparison or conceal Synonym(s): blind, dim become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" Synonym(s): blur, dim, slur Antonym(s): focalise, focalize, focus
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dim \Dim\, v. i. To grow dim. --J. C. Shairp.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DIM {DIM statement}