"dim" meaning in All languages combined

See dim on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /dɪm/ Audio: en-us-dim.ogg [US] Forms: dim [positive], dimmer [comparative], dimmest [superlative]
enPR: dĭm Head templates: {{adj|dim|dimmer|dimmest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a thing is dim, it is not bright.
    Sense id: simple-dim-en-adj-AFN~VOhw
  2. If a person is dim, they are not very smart.
    Sense id: simple-dim-en-adj-XRXIjakw

Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪm/ Audio: en-us-dim.ogg [US] Forms: dim [canonical], dims [third-person, singular], dimmed [past], dimmed [past, participle], dimming [present, participle]
enPR: dĭm Head templates: {{verb|dim|m}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you dim something, you make it darker.
    Sense id: simple-dim-en-verb-spWwPAnc
  2. If something dims, it gets darker.
    Sense id: simple-dim-en-verb-K4~CEZ52 Categories (other): Verbs
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