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dimmening

dimmening is the present participle and gerund of dimmen.

Meaning of dimmen

Verb

dimmen (third-person singular simple present dimmens, present participle dimmening, simple past and past participle dimmened)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To become less bright; to dim.
    • BTW, if you are planning to tape, i would be careful. The security is being very tight. They are checking the sweet spot in the middle carefully, people in Buffalo got booted even before the lights dimmened. I think everyone in Rochester got nailed.1993 November 10, pau...@ritvax.isc.rit.edu, “syracuse grovel”, in rec.music.gdead (Usenet)

Questions about dimmening

What is dimmening the present participle and gerund of?
Dimmening is the present participle and gerund of dimmen.

Words near dimmening in the dictionary

  1. dimmability
  2. dimmable
  3. dimmed
  4. dimmen
  5. dimmened
  6. dimmening
  7. dimmens
  8. dimmer
  9. dimmer switch
  10. dimmer switches
  11. dimmers

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