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Meaning of dim


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dim
      adj 1: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light
             beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" [syn:
             {dim}, {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: {dim},
         {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}, {dim}] [ant:
         {bright}, {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}, {dim}]
      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}, {dim}, {dull}, {dumb},
         {obtuse}, {slow}]
      v 1: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
           [syn: {dim}, {dip}]
      2: become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain
         rose"
      3: make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
      4: make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: {blind}, {dim}]
      5: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two
         theories blurred" [syn: {blur}, {dim}, {slur}] [ant:
         {focalise}, {focalize}, {focus}]


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