dim glow
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- noun
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- All they could see of Bobber was the dim glow of her stern lamps on their starboard bow.
- the dim glow of light
- the dim glow of the streetlights
Examples
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In the dim glow of a single lantern from the small kitchen, Ona's house looked as it usually did.
Fiction book (1990) -
And there, in her robe, sitting startled on a lawn chair, lit only by the dim glow of the kitchen window, is Helen.
Fiction book (2000) -
The dim glow of a desk lamp is the only source of light.
Fiction book (1993) -
Even in the dim glow of the streetlights, it appears less promising, less hopeful than the other houses up and down the block.
Fiction book (2000) -
Cove lighting around the edges of the room reflected off the ceiling and gave the room an even, albeit dim, glow.
Fiction book (1999) -
Jamie lies comatose, ensconced in the dim glow of monitors.
Fiction book (1995) -
And so there sits my ticket to RiRi's Paris show (pictured up top) under the dim glow of the hotel desk lamp.
Blog text (7) -
But hours later, in the café of my hotel, my laptop screen lighting my face in a dim glow, my card still read zero.
Blog text (27) -
Sometimes when he was asleep, the wife would kneel on the floor and watch the husband in the dim glow of their nightlight and study his sleeping face, as if hoping to discover some unspoken thing there.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the dim glow of the candlelight, we shared our secrets.
Synonyms
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1.0
A steady soft light coming from an object or surface
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2.0
Soft light from a burning candle that makes a room feel warm
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6.7
A soft dim glow when things are only partly seen, like at dawn or dusk
A place or time with very little light
Soft warm light like candlelight that makes a place feel calm
A soft, gentle light that seems to glow and move slightly
Light that is white and gentle, not harsh on the eyes
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a soft, low light' is directly and compositionally derived from 'dim' (faintly lit) modifying 'glow' (gentle light). This simple adjective + noun combination follows ordinary English composition patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Dim glow gives a clear image: dim means not bright and glow means a soft, steady light, like a dying campfire or a small nightlight. That's why it means 'a soft, low light that is not very bright'.