Meaning of dim | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Dimness.
   archaic, uncountable
2. A male given name (from Bashkir Дим) .
3. To make or become dim.
4. vocative singular of Ди́ма (Díma)(•colloquial)
   form-of, singular, vocative
5. take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval or skepticism.
6. to make or become dim. Tears dimmed her eyes; He dimmed the lights in the theatre. demp, verdof يُخَفِّف الضّوء، يَعْتِم замъглявам obscurecer zakalit, ztlumit, pohasnout trüben, verdunkeln sløre; dæmpe 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 aizmig...
7. dof بُصورَةٍ مُعْتِمه / غَير واضِحَه неясно fracamente matně, nejasně trübe utydeligt αμυδρά, θαμπά débilmente hämaralt بطور مبهم himmeästi faiblementבמעומעם धुंधलेपन से nejasno, mračno homályosan dengan redup dauflega, óljóst fiocamente ぼんやりと 희미하게 blausiai, miglotai blāvi; neskaidri kabur schemerig, vaagsvakt, uklart, dempet blado, matowo د مبهم په توګه fracamente slab; neclar тускло; тупо nejasne megleno mutno dunkelt, matt, otydligt อย่างเลือนลาง hayal meyal 暗淡地 неясно; невиразно مدھم سے m...
8. dofheid تَعْتيم، تَخْفيف الضوء، عَدم وَضوح неяснота obscuridade nejasnost; šero die Düsterkeit mørke θαμπάδα, ασάφειαdebilidad hämarus ابهام؛ کم نوری himmeys 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 ابهام obscuridade caracter vag; obscuritate тусклость; тупость nejasnosť; šero nejasnost mutnost dunkel[...
9. débil, mortecino-a; confuso-a; opaco-a.
10. Lacking in brightness: a dim room.
11. Lacking luster; dull or subdued: dim, faded colors.
12. Faintly or unclearly perceived; indistinct: a dim figure in the distance; dim, far-off sounds.
13. Lacking sharpness or clarity; vague: a dim recollection; only a dim idea of how the machine worked.

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Examples

“All about me the Red Weed clambered among the ruins, writhing to get above me in the dim. Night, the Mother of Fear and Mystery, was coming upon me.”

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