Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - dim
Dim
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adj. & v. --adj. (dimmer, dimmest) 1 a only faintly luminous or visible; not bright. b obscure; ill-defined. 2 not clearly perceived or remembered. 3 colloq. stupid; slow to understand. 4 (of the eyes) not seeing clearly. --v. (dimmed, dimming) 1 tr. & intr. make or become dim or less bright. 2 tr. US dip (headlights). Phrases and idioms dim-wit colloq. a stupid person. dim-witted colloq. stupid, unintelligent. take a dim view of colloq. 1 disapprove of. 2 feel gloomy about. Derivatives dimly adv. dimmish adj. dimness n. Etymology: OE dim, dimm, of unkn. orig.
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I. adjective (~mer; ~mest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~m; akin to Old High German timber dark Date: before 12th century 1. emitting or having a limited or insufficient amount of light , dull, lusterless , lacking pronounced, clear-cut, or vigorous quality or character , 2. seen indistinctly , perceived by the senses or mind indistinctly or weakly ; faint , having little prospect of favorable result or outcome , characterized by an unfavorable, skeptical, or pessimistic attitude, not perceiving clearly and distinctly , ~-witted, ~ly adverb ~mable adjective ~ness noun II. verb (~med; ~ming) Date: before 12th century transitive verb to make ~ or lusterless, to reduce the light from, intransitive verb to become ~, III. noun Date: 14th century dusk, ~ness, low beam, IV. abbreviation ~ension, ~inished, ~inuendo, ~inutive ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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