All English words - page 1118

Meanings of Dimissory:

adjective

(in the christian church) denoting formal permission from a bishop ( letters dimissory ) for a person from one diocese to be ordained in another, or (formerly) for an ordained person to leave one diocese for another.

Meanings of Dimity:

noun

A hard-wearing cotton fabric woven with stripes or checks.

Usage examples:

A nightcap in white dimity edged with lace

Meanings of Dimly:

adverb

With a faint light; not brightly.

Usage examples:

A single lamp glowed dimly in the gloom

Meanings of Dimmer:

noun

A device for varying the brightness of an electric light.

Usage examples:

The bathrooms are smartly tiled in black and white, and feature the unusual touch of a dimmer switc…

adjective

(of a light, colour, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly.

Usage examples:

The dim glow of the fire

Meanings of Dimming:

verb

Make or become less bright or distinct.

Usage examples:

A smoky inferno that dimmed the sun

adjective

(of a light, colour, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly.

Usage examples:

The dim glow of the fire

Present participle of dim

Meanings of Dimorphotheca:

noun

A southern african plant of the daisy family, sometimes grown as a border plant.

Usage examples:

In august and september of each year it becomes a magnificent carpet of colourful flowers with ursi…

Meanings of Dimple:

noun

A small depression in the flesh, either one that exists permanently or one that forms in the cheeks when one smiles.

Usage examples:

This month i have memorized the curve of your smile, the dimples in your cheeks and forehead, the p…

verb

Produce a dimple or dimples in the surface of.

Usage examples:

Rain began to fall, dimpling the water

Meanings of Dimpled:

adjective

Having a dimple or dimples.

Usage examples:

A fat face with dimpled cheeks

verb

Produce a dimple or dimples in the surface of.

Usage examples:

Rain began to fall, dimpling the water

Meanings of Dimps:

noun

Twilight or dusk.

Usage examples:

At dimpsy, she heard the blackbirds scolding the wood owls

Meanings of Dimpsy:

adjective

Denoting the soft or dim light characteristic of twilight or dusk.

Usage examples:

The dimpsy light of early evening

noun

Twilight or dusk.

Usage examples:

At dimpsy, she heard the blackbirds scolding the wood owls

Meanings of Dims:

verb

Make or become less bright or distinct.

Usage examples:

A smoky inferno that dimmed the sun

adjective

(of a light, colour, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly.

Usage examples:

The dim glow of the fire

Meanings of Dimwit:

noun

A stupid or silly person.

Usage examples:

This is what causes otherwise innocent young children to grow up into a population of stupid dimwits!

Meanings of Dimwits:

noun

A stupid or silly person.

Usage examples:

This is what causes otherwise innocent young children to grow up into a population of stupid dimwits!

Meanings of Dimwitted:

adjective

Stupid or silly.

Usage examples:

A dim-witted waiter

Meanings of Din-into:

phrasal verb

To say something forcefully and repeatedly to someone so that they remember it

Usage examples:

It was dinned into me that i could never be late.

Meanings of Din-something-into:

phrasal verb

To say something forcefully and repeatedly to someone so that they remember it

Usage examples:

It was dinned into me that i could never be late.

Meanings of Dine:

verb

Eat dinner.

Usage examples:

We dined at a restaurant

noun

A member of a north american people of arizona, utah, and new mexico.

adjective

Relating to the diné or their language.

Meanings of Dine out:

phrasal verb

Eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home

Meanings of Dine out on:

phrasal verb

To entertain people, especially at a meal, by telling them about an experience you have had

Usage examples:

For months i've been dining out on the story of what happened when my house got flooded.

Meanings of Dined:

verb

Eat dinner.

Usage examples:

We dined at a restaurant

noun

A member of a north american people of arizona, utah, and new mexico.

adjective

Relating to the diné or their language.

Meanings of Diner:

noun

A person who is eating, typically a customer in a restaurant.

Usage examples:

Brave restaurant workers and a diner disarmed a customer who pulled out a gun in a dispute over an …

Meanings of Dinero:

noun

Money.

Usage examples:

Their pockets full of dinero

Meanings of Dines:

verb

Eat dinner.

Usage examples:

We dined at a restaurant

noun

A member of a north american people of arizona, utah, and new mexico.

adjective

Relating to the diné or their language.

Meanings of Dinette:

noun

A small room or part of a room used for eating meals.

Usage examples:

Further aft the main saloon has an l-shaped dinette to port and settee to starboard followed by a g…

Meanings of Ding:

verb

Make a ringing sound.

Usage examples:

Cash registers were dinging softly

exclamation

Used to imitate a metallic ringing sound resembling a bell.

Usage examples:

The wicked witch - ding, dong - isn't dead anymore.

noun

A mark or dent on the bodywork of a car or other vehicle.

Usage examples:

You stop the dents and the dings in your own garage, but what about in the parking lot?