dim

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Old English dimm. Compare Icelandic dimmur ("dark") and dimma ("darkness").

[edit] Adjective

dim (comparative dimmer, superlative dimmest)

  1. not bright or colorful
  2. not smart or intelligent
  3. indistinct, hazy or unclear
  4. disapproving, unfavorable, rarely used outside the phrase "take a dim view of".

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to dim

Third person singular
dims

Simple past
dimmed

Past participle
dimmed

Present participle
dimming

to dim (third-person singular simple present dims, present participle dimming, simple past and past participle dimmed)

  1. (transitive) To make something less bright.
  2. (intransitive) To become darker.

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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Etymology

From Dutch duim.

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dim

  1. thumb

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse dimmr. Related to English dim and Icelandic dimmur.

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dim (m and f), dimt (n), dimme (pl)

  1. dim
  2. to have bad vision
    Han er dim på synet
    His vision is dim/bad

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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dȉm m. (Cyrillic spelling ди̏м)

  1. smoke

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[edit] Slovene

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dim m.

  1. smoke (particles and vapor/vapour given off by burning material)

[edit] Welsh

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dim

  1. any
  2. no, not, none

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dim m.

  1. anything
  2. nothing, none, nil