Found 4 items, similar to Dim.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: dim
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dim
berasap, guram, redam, suram, taram
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dim
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]
[also:
dimming,
dimmed,
dimmest,
dimmer]
dim
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dim
Dim
\Dim\, v. i.
To grow dim. --J. C. Shairp.
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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.
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The dim magnificence of poetry. --Whewell.
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How is the gold become dim! --Lam. iv. 1.
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I never saw
The heavens so dim by day. --Shak.
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Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.
--Wordsworth.
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2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of
apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
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Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. --Job
xvii. 7.
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The understanding is dim. --Rogers.
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Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc.
Syn: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull;
sullied; tarnished.
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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.
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A king among his courtiers, who dims all his
attendants. --Dryden.
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Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways.
--Cowper.
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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.
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Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears.
--C. Pitt.
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