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Dim

·vi To grow dim.

II. Dim ·superl Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.

III. Dim ·vt To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

IV. Dim ·superl Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

V. Dim ·vt 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.

dim

¦ adjective (dimmer, dimmest)

1. (of a light or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly.

made difficult to see by darkness, shade, or distance.

(of the eyes) not able to see clearly.

2. not clearly recalled or formulated in the mind: dim memories.

3. informal stupid; unintelligent.

¦ verb (dims, dimming, dimmed) make or become dim.

?N. Amer. dip (a vehicle's headlights).

Phrases

take a dim view of regard with disapproval.

Derivatives

dimly adverb

dimmable adjective

dimmish adjective

dimness noun

Origin

OE dim, dimm, of Gmc origin.

Dimmed

·Impf & ·p.p. of Dim.

Wikipédia

Dim

Dim may refer to:

Dim, a rhinoceros beetle in the 1998 Disney/Pixar animated film A Bug's Life
Dim (album), the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band The Gazette
Dim, Amur Oblast, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia
Dim, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province
Nickname of John Wooldridge (1919–1958), British film music composer and Second World War bomber pilot
A keyword in most versions of the BASIC programming language
"DiM", a 1998 episode of Dexter's Laboratory
To dim, verb that means to lower the brightness of light
.dim, a disk image
Corporación Deportiva Independiente Medellín, a Colombian football club
Deportivo Independiente Miraflores, a football club based in the city of Miraflores, Lima, Perú
3,3'-Diindolylmethane, an anticarcinogen compound
Dirección de Inteligencia Militar, the military intelligence agency of Venezuela

The abbreviation dim may refer to:

Dimension, a measure of how many parameters is sufficient to describe an object in mathematics
- Dimension (vector space), the number of vectors needed to describe the basis in a vector space, in linear algebra
Diminished triad, a dissonant chord with a minor third and diminished fifth to the root in music theory
Diminuendo, a word indicating changes of dynamics in music
Diminutive, a formation of a word

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim

Exemples de prononciation pour DIM

1. AUDIENCE: dim-sum-- American dim sum?

State Bird Provisions _ Stuart Brioza & Nicole Krasinski _ Talks at Google

2. It'll dim.

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3. "Dangerously Dim."

The Other Woman _ Hank Phillipi Ryan _ Talks at Google

4. Now it's dim.

Emily Levesque _ The Last Stargazers _ Talks at Google

5. first dim sum restaurant.

The Legacy & Re-Making of America's Chinatowns _ Talks at Google

Exemples du corpus de texte pour DIM

1. "We believe that the current budget is distorted by the CAP." PROSPECTS DIM Prospects for a deal seem dim.

2. On the menu are green dim sum with pork, green onion and Chinese cabbage; green dim sum with chicken and spinach; and red dim sum with lamb and chicken broth.

3. The blood didn‘t dim Roland and Audrey Caldwell‘s hopes.

4. The gaffes spawned the undeserved soubriquet Dim Wim.

5. Executioners worked in the crowded chamber under dim lights.