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dim (d

adj. dim·mer, dim·mest

a. Lacking in brightness: a dim room.

b. Emitting only a small amount of light; faint: a dim lightbulb.

2. Lacking luster; dull and subdued.

a. Faintly outlined; indistinct: a dim figure in the distance.

b. Obscure to the mind or the senses: a dim recollection of the accident.

4. Lacking sharpness or clarity of understanding or perception. See Synonyms at dark.

5. Lacking keenness or vigor.

6. Negative, unfavorable, or disapproving: took a dim view of their prospects.

7. Slang Dull; dimwitted.

tr. & intr.v. dimmed, dim·ming, dims

To make or become dim.

a. A parking light on a motor vehicle.

b. A low beam.

2. Archaic Dusk.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

dimly adv.

dimness n.

dim [dɪm]

adj dimmer, dimmest

1. badly illuminated a dim room

2. not clearly seen; indistinct; faint a dim shape

3. having weak or indistinct vision eyes dim with tears

4. lacking in understanding; mentally dull

5. not clear in the mind; obscure a dim memory

6. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) lacking in brilliance, brightness, or lustre a dim colour

7. tending to be unfavourable; gloomy or disapproving (esp in the phrase take a dim view)

vb dims, dimming, dimmed

1. to become or cause to become dim

2. (tr) to cause to seem less bright, as by comparison

3. the US and Canadian word for dip [5]

[Old English dimm; related to Old Norse dimmr gloomy, dark]

dimly adv

dimness n

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Verb	1.	dim - switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam dip change intensity - increase or decrease in intensity
	2.	dim - become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	3.	dim - make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver" darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room"
	4.	dim - make dim by comparison or conceal blind darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room"
	5.	dim - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" slur, blur weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" efface, obliterate - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
Adj.	1.	dim - lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" subdued dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
	2.	dim - 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" faint, shadowy, wispy, vague indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
	3.	dim - made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner" dimmed
	4.	dim - 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" bleak, black hopeless - without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"
	5.	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" dumb, slow, obtuse, dense, dull stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

dim

adjective

1. dull, weak, pale, muted, subdued, feeble, murky, opaque, dingy, subfusc She stood waiting in the dim light.

2. poorly lit, dark, gloomy, murky, shady, shadowy, dusky, crepuscular, darkish, tenebrous, unilluminated, caliginous (archaic) The room was dim and cool and quiet.

3. cloudy, grey, gloomy, dismal, murky, overcast, leaden a dim February day
cloudy clear, fair, bright, pleasant, sunny, cloudless, limpid, unclouded

4. unclear, obscured, faint, blurred, fuzzy, shadowy, hazy, indistinguishable, bleary, undefined, out of focus, ill-defined, indistinct, indiscernible His torch picked out the dim figures.
unclear clear, distinct, sharp

5. obscure, remote, vague, confused, shadowy, imperfect, hazy, sketchy, intangible, indistinct The era of social activism is all but a dim memory.

6. unfavourable, bad, black, depressing, discouraging, gloomy, dismal, sombre, unpromising, dispiriting, disheartening The prospects for a peaceful solution are dim.

7. stupid (Informal) slow, thick, dull, dense, dumb (informal), daft (informal), dozy (Brit. informal), obtuse, unintelligent, asinine, slow on the uptake (informal), braindead (informal), doltish She's not as dim as she seems.
stupid bright, aware, sharp, keen, acute, smart, clever, intelligent, astute, brainy, quick-witted

verb

1. turn down, lower, fade, dip, dull, soften, subdue, bedim, make less bright Dim the overhead lights.

2. grow or become faint, fade, dull, grow or become dim The houselights dimmed.

3. darken, dull, blacken, cloud over, grow dark, become leaden The dusk sky dims to a chilly indigo.

4. diminish, decline, dwindle, wane, recede, subside, ebb, die out, fade away, shrivel, peter out, slacken Their economic prospects have dimmed.

5. fade, fail, disappear, dissolve, melt away, die away Their memory of what happened has dimmed.

Translations

dim [dɪm]

A. ADJ (dimmer (compar) (dimmest (superl)))

1. (= not bright) [light] → débil, tenue; [room] → oscuro, poco iluminado
she read the letter by the dim light of a torch → leyó la carta con la ayuda de la débil or tenue luz de una linterna
even in the dim light the furniture looked dirty → incluso con la poca luz que había los muebles parecían sucios
her eyes were dim with tears → sus ojos estaban nublados por las lágrimas
to grow dim [light] → atenuarse, ir atenuándose; [room] → oscurecer, ir oscureciendo
his eyes had grown dim with age (liter) → su vista se había ido debilitando con la edad

2. (= indistinct) [figure, shape, outline] → borroso; [memory] → borroso, vago
in the dim and distant past → en un pasado muy remoto

3. (= gloomy) [prospects] → poco prometedor
to take a dim view of sth → ver algo con malos ojos

4. (= unintelligent) → corto, lerdo
he's a bit dim → es un poco corto, no tiene muchas luces

B. VT

1. (= make less bright) [+ light] → bajar, atenuar; [+ room] → oscurecer; [+ colours] → apagar; [+ metals] → deslucir, deslustrar; [+ eyesight] → debilitar
to dim the lights (in room, theatre) → bajar or atenuar la luz
to dim one's (head)lights → poner las luces cortas or de cruce → poner las luces bajas(LAm)
she looked at him through eyes dimmed by tears → lo miró con los ojos nublados por las lágrimas

2. (= dampen, diminish) [+ hopes] → hacer perder, empañar(liter); [+ senses] → debilitar
the passing years had not dimmed her beauty → el paso de los años no había marchitado su belleza
to dim sb's spirits → desanimar a algn, desalentar a algn

3. (= fade) [+ outline, memory] → borrar

C. VI

1. (= become less bright) [light] → atenuarse, ir atenuándose; [metal] → deslucirse, ir desluciéndose; [colour] → apagarse, ir apagándose; [eyesight] → debilitarse, ir debilitándose

2. (= diminish) [hopes] → ir perdiéndose, ir empañándose(liter); [beauty] → marchitarse, ir marchitándose

3. (= fade) [outline, memory] → hacerse borroso

dim [ˈdɪm]

adj

[light, eyesight] → faible
to grow dim → baisser, décliner

(= dimly lit) [room] → sombre

[memory, outline] → vague, indécis(e)

(= stupid) → borné(e), bouché(e) >

(= poor) [prospects] → sombre

to take a dim view of sth → voir qch d'un mauvais œil

[+ light] → réduire, baisser

(US) [+ headlights] → mettre en code
to dim one's lights (headlights) → se mettre en code

vi (= grow dim) [light] → baisser

dim

adj (+er)

(= not bright) light, lamp → schwach, trüb; metal → matt, glanzlos; (= badly lit) room → dämmerig, dunkel; the room grew dim → im Zimmer wurde es dunkel

(= vague) figure, shape → undeutlich; outline → schwach, undeutlich; memory, recollection → dunkel; I have a dim memory or recollection of it → ich erinnere mich nur (noch) dunkel daran; to have a dim awareness of something → sich (dat) → einer Sache (gen) → nur undeutlich bewusst sein

(= gloomy) prospects, outlook → schlecht; it’s a dim lookout for him → es sieht sehr schlecht für ihn aus; to take a dim view of something → mit etw gar nicht einverstanden sein

(inf: = stupid) → beschränkt (inf), → schwer von Begriff (inf)

(liter) eyes → trüb (liter)

(= turn down) light → dämpfen; lamp → verdunkeln; to dim the lights (Theat) → das Licht langsam ausgehen lassen; to dim one’s headlights (esp US) → abblenden

(= make dull) colour → dämpfen, decken; sound → dämpfen; metal → mattieren; sight, mind, senses, memory → trüben; beauty → verblassen lassen; glory → beeinträchtigen

(light) → schwach or trübe werden; (lamp) → verlöschen, dunkler werden

(= become dull, colour) → gedämpft or matter werden; (sound) → leiser werden; (metal) → mattiert werden; (memory) → nachlassen; (beauty) → verblassen; (glory) → verblassen, vergehen; (sight) → nachlassen, getrübt werden

dim:

dimwit

n (inf) → Schwachkopf m (inf)

dim-witted

adj (inf) → blöd (inf), → dämlich (inf), → beschrämkt (inf)

dim [dɪm]

1. adj (-mer (comp) (-mest (superl))) (light) → debole, fioco/a; (sight) → debole; (forest) → oscuro/a; (room) → in penombra; (shape, outline, memory, sound) → indistinto/a, vago/a (fam) (person) → tonto/a, ottuso/a
to grow dim (light) → affievolirsi (eyesight) → indebolirsi
to take a dim view of sth (fam) → non vedere qc di buon occhio

2. vt (light) → abbassare (Am) (headlights) → abbassare; (sound, memory, colour) → affievolire; (shape, outline, beauty, glory) → offuscare; (sight, senses) → annebbiare; (metal) → annerire

3. vi (light, sight, memory) → affievolirsi; (outline) → divenire indistinto/a

dim [dɪm]

3. vi (light, sight, memory) → affievolirsi; (outline) → divenire indistinto/a

dim

adj dim [dim]

1 not bright or distinct a dim light in the distance; a dim memory. dof, vae مُعْتِم، خافِت، غَيْر واضِح неясен matný, kalný svag; dæmpet trübe αμυδρός débil, ténue tuhm تار؛ مبهم himmeä faible, vague מְעוּמעָם धुंधला mračan, nejasan homályos kabur, redup óljós, þokukenndur fioco; incerto ほの暗い 희미한 blausus, miglotas nespodrs; blāvs; neskaidrs samar schemerig, vaag dempet, svak, uklar przyćmiony fraco slab, vag слабый nejasný, mútny nejasen mutan dunkel, matt, otydlig มัว; ไม่แจ่มชัด donuk, loş 暗淡的，朦朧的 невиразний, туманний مدھم lờ mờ 暗淡的，朦胧的

2 (of a person) not intelligent She's a bit dim! stompsinnig, onnosel بَليد، غَيْر ذَكي глупав tupý, hloupý dum; tungnem schwer von Begriff κουτός tonto, corto juhm کم هوش؛ خنگ hidasälyinen borné טִיפֵּש मूर्ख tup, glup ködös (értelem) bodoh sljór stupido 鈍い 둔한 bukas aprobežots; pastulbs bodoh dom treg tępy estúpido prost тупой tupý zabit, omejen priglup korkad เบาปัญญา aptal, kalın kafalı 遲鈍的 безголовий; нетямущий کند ذہن kém thông mính 迟钝的

v – past tense, past participle dimmed –

to make or become dim Tears dimmed her eyes; He dimmed the lights in the theatre. demp, verdof يُخَفِّف الضّوء، يَعْتِم замъглявам zakalit, ztlumit, pohasnout sløre; dæmpe trüben, verdunkeln εξασθενίζω/χαμηλώνω nublar, atenuar ähmastuma, hämardama کم سو کردن؛ کم نور کردن himmentää réduire, brouiller לְעַמעֵם धुंधला होना, करना zamagliti elhomályosít mengaburkan, meredupkan deyfa, depra, lækka (ljós) offuscare; abbassare 薄暗くする 흐릿하게 하다 aptemdyti, pritemdyti, apsiblausti Asaras aizmigloja acis. samar dof maken, worden, dimmen dempe, gjøre svak/uklar/vag, sløre przyćmić, zmatowieć amortecer a reduce; a întuneca затуманивать(ся) zakaliť; stlmiť, zastrieť zamegliti (se); zasenčiti zamračiti fördunkla, dämpa ทำให้มัว; ทำให้เลือนลาง ışığı kısmak, loşlaştırmak (使)變暗淡 потьмяніти; робитися невиразним مدھم کرنا làm tối lờ mờ （使）变暗淡

adv dimly

dof بُصورَةٍ مُعْتِمه / غَير واضِحَه неясно matně, nejasně utydeligt trübe αμυδρά, θαμπά débilmente hämaralt بطور مبهم hämärästi faiblement בִּמעוּמעָם धुंधलेपन से nejasno, mračno homályosan dengan redup dauflega, óljóst fiocamente ぼんやりと 어둡게, 희미하게 blausiai, miglotai blāvi; neskaidri kabur schemerig, vaag svakt, uklart, dempet blado, matowo fracamente slab; neclar тускло; тупо nejasne megleno mutno dunkelt, matt, otydligt อย่างเลือนลาง hayal meyal 暗淡地 неясно; невиразно مدھم سے một cách lờ mờ 暗淡地

n dimness

dofheid تَعْتيم، تَخْفيف الضوء، عَدم وَضوح неяснота nejasnost; šero mørke die Düsterkeit θαμπάδα, ασάφεια debilidad hämarus ابهام؛ کم نوری hämäryys faiblesse, vague אָפלוּלִיוּת धुंधलापन zamagljenost, nejasnoća homályosság kekaburan óskÿrleiki; sljóleiki oscurità 薄暗さ 희미함 blausumas blāvums; krēsla kekaburan schemer, domheid det som er dempet/svakt/uklart przyćmienie, bladość, mrok obscuridade caracter vag; obscuritate тусклость; тупость nejasnosť; šero nejasnost mutnost dunkel[], oklarhet ความเลือนลาง loşluk 暗淡 тьмяність, неясність دھندلاہٹ sự lờ mờ 暗淡

dim → باهت tlumený dæmpet dämmerig μουντός tenue hämärä terne priglup fioco 薄暗い 희미한 schemerig uklar przyćmiony escuro тусклый dunkel โง่ loş mờ 暗淡的

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