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BEDIM (bedimmed, bedimming)

Dictionary entry overview: What does bedim mean?

• BEDIM (verb)
The verb BEDIM has 2 senses:

1. make difficult to perceive by sight
2. make obscure or unclear

Familiarity information: BEDIM used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BEDIM (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make difficult to perceive by sight

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bedim; benight; obscure

Context example:

The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake

Hypernyms (to "bedim" is one way to...):

darken (make dark or darker)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Make obscure or unclear

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bedim; overcloud; obscure

Context example:

The distinction was obscured

Hypernyms (to "bedim" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bedim"):

mystify (make mysterious)

eclipse (cause an eclipse of; of celestial bodies)

shade; shade off; shadow (cast a shadow over)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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