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Adjective dim has 5 senses

dim, subdued - lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
Antonym: light (indirect, via dark)
dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy - 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"
Antonym: distinct (indirect, via indistinct)
dimmed, dim - made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
black, bleak, dim - 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"
Antonym: hopeful (indirect, via hopeless)
dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow - 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 make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
Antonym: smart (indirect, via stupid)

Verb dim has 6 senses

dim, dip - switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
--₁ is one way to change intensity
Sample sentence:
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darken, dim - become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"
--₂ is one way to change intensity

Derived form: noun dimmer₁
Sample sentences:
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dim - become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
--₃ is one way to change
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dim - make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
--₄ is one way to darken
Sample sentences:
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blind, dim - make dim by comparison or conceal
--₅ is one way to darken
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blur, dim, slur - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
--₆ is one way to weaken
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