dimmed
part of speech
verb (past and past participle of dim: dim, dims, dimmed, dimming); adjective (dimmed lights)
meaning for a pupil
1) Made less bright: the lights were dimmed. tree →
2) Became less bright by itself. tree →
3) Made a feeling, hope or memory weaker. tree →
4) (on a car) dimmed or dipped headlights point lower so they do not dazzle other drivers. tree →
sense 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 →
- Dad dimmed the lamp so the baby could sleep. tree →
- The stars dimmed as the clouds rolled in. tree →
- Her hopes dimmed when it started to rain on sports day. tree →
- The screen dimmed to save battery. tree →
- The theatre went quiet as the lights dimmed. tree →
- Time had dimmed his memory of the old house. tree →
- 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 →
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 the corpora
- Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
- Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dimmed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.