• become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
• make Dim by comparison or conceal
• make Dim or lusterless; "Time had Dimmed the silver"
• become Dim or lusterless; "the lights Dimmed and the curtain rose"
• become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"
• switch (a car''s headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
• lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a Dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
• made Dim or less bright; "the Dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "Dimmed headlights"; "we like Dimmed lights when we have dinner"
• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so Dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials mak
• lacking clarity or distinctness; "a Dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
• offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a Dim view of things"

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