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US
/ˈdɪm/
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[ UK /dˈɪm/ ]
[ UK /dˈɪm/ ]
VERB
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make dim or lusterless
Time had dimmed the silver -
become vague or indistinct
The distinction between the two theories blurred - switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- make dim by comparison or conceal
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become dim or lusterless
the lights dimmed and the curtain rose
ADJECTIVE
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made dim or less bright
the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation
dimmed headlights
we like dimmed lights when we have dinner -
lacking clarity or distinctness
a dim figure in the distance
only a faint recollection
shadowy figures in the gloom
a few wispy memories of childhood
saw a vague outline of a building through the fog -
offering little or no hope
the future looked black
Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult
prospects were bleak
took a dim view of things -
lacking in light; not bright or harsh
a dim light beside the bed
subdued lights and soft music -
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
worked with the slow students
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick
never met anyone quite so dim
so dense he never understands anything I say to him
How To Use dim In A Sentence
- The abrupt facies shift, bioturbation and cemented nature of the surfaces suggests that they represent marine flooding surfaces, formed during a rapid rise in relative sea level and/or a reduction in sediment supply.
- We're currently shrinking the size of technology by a factor of 5.6 per linear dimension per decade, so it is conservative to say that this scenario will be feasible in a few decades.
- Depending on the size of your pippy bag, the proportions will be all wrong, and it will look a bit like a three-dimensional stick person with a huge bloated hydrocephalic head, but don't worry about that. Hooting Yard
- BigshoeBazaar is an online cash and carry wholesaler for hundreds of small shoe stores across the country and is using a single 25,000 square feet warehouse, which will be enhanced to 100,000 square feet in a few months, to service shoe stores as far away as Dimapur in Nagaland and Katihar in Bihar. 'Hyper Growth' Returns To India's E-Commerce Sector
- There is another dimension to this problem which you haven't considered.
- For example, paper might appear to be two-dimensional because it is so thin.
- I can find no legitimate references to the use of metallic, inorganic, or organic silver compounds as a sanitizer, disinfectant, or sterilizing agent. quaternary ammonium chloride compounds - Mixtures of compounds such as alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, dioctyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, and octyl decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride are very commonly used as surface sanitizer; if you look at your household cleaners that claim disinfecting properties, there's a high percentage chance that you'll find a "quat". Question ;Microdyne
- He admitted killing her but denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility and loss of control. Times, Sunday Times
- Considering my diminutiveness, the size of the pail in my lap, and my drinking out of it my breath held and my face buried to the ears in foam, it was rather difficult to estimate how much I drank. Chapter 3
- This concept of embodiment doesn't apply just to times of exertion, of course.