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# dimmed

verb (past and past participle of dim: dim, dims, dimmed, dimming); adjective (dimmed lights)

«dimmed» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Made less bright: the lights were dimmed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#m1)
2. Became less bright by itself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#m2)
3. Made a feeling, hope or memory weaker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#m3)
4. (on a car) dimmed or dipped headlights point lower so they do not dazzle other drivers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories, dimmed lights show the start of a film, a quiet bedtime or a sad mood; hopes can be dimmed by bad news; in science, a dimmed lamp gives less light energy; phrases: «the lights dimmed», «dimmed hopes».

### Examples

- The lights dimmed and the film began. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#x1)
- Dad dimmed the lamp so the baby could sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#x2)
- The stars dimmed as the clouds rolled in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#x3)
- Her hopes dimmed when it started to rain on sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#x4)
- The screen dimmed to save battery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#x5)
- The theatre went quiet as the lights dimmed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#x6)
- Time had dimmed his memory of the old house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#x7)
- His dimmed mind was just clear enough to remember what she had said, and with trembling fingers, that were almost powerless to grasp, he drew it out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/#x8)

### Note

Double the m: dim → dimmed, dimming (short vowel + one consonant). Adjective dim also means a bit stupid (informal, rude: «a bit dim»). Do not confuse with «damned».

## In Jewish tradition

In these verses it describes the eye growing weak and dull from grief and suffering, not lights being turned down.

**Interpretation.** In the Psalms and Job, a dimmed eye shows sorrow and weakness, and the speaker is crying out to God from his pain.

### Examples

- Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries. (Writings PSA.6.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dimmed/#x1)
- Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow. (Writings JOB.17.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dimmed/#x2)

### Note

Double the m: dim → dimmed, dimming (short vowel + one consonant). Adjective dim also means a bit stupid (informal, rude: «a bit dim»). Do not confuse with «damned».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dimmed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimmed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dimmed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dimmed.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «dimmed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dimmed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dimmed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dimmed.html) on Mova free.