dim

adj

1. Clipping of diminished.

name

Etymology: From Bashkir.

1. A male given name (from Bashkir Дим) .
2. vocative singular of Ди́ма (Díma)(•colloquial)

noun

Etymology: From Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm (“dim, dark, gloomy; wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy”), from Proto-West Germanic *dimm, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (“to whisk, smoke; obscure”). Compare Faroese dimmur (“dark”), Icelandic dimmur (“dark”) and dimma (“darkness”).

1. Dimness.

   “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.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm (“dim, dark, gloomy; wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy”), from Proto-West Germanic *dimm, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (“to whisk, smoke; obscure”). Compare Faroese dimmur (“dark”), Icelandic dimmur (“dark”) and dimma (“darkness”).

1. To make something less bright.

   “He dimmed the lights and put on soft music.”

2. To become darker.

   “The lights dimmed briefly when the air conditioning was turned on.”

3. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct.

   “a king among his courtiers,[…] who out to dim the lustre of all his attendants”

   “Now ſet the ſun, and twilight dimm'd the ways, […]”

4. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

   “And with our Sun-bright armour as we march, Weel chaſe the Starrs from heauen, and dim their eies That ſtand and muſe at our admyred armes.”

   “Her starry eyes were dimm'd with streaming tears.”

5. To diminish, dull, or curtail.

   “All these setbacks had started to dim the hopes of the students.”

   “Nothing will dim their spirit of resilience.”