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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
Sample sentence:
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dim - make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
--₄ is one way to darken
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
blind, dim - make dim by comparison or conceal
--₅ is one way to darken
Sample sentence:
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blur, dim, slur - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
--₆ is one way to weaken
Sample sentence:
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