Definition: become vague or indistinct
Usage: The distinction between the two theories blurred
Definition: make dim by comparison or conceal
Main entry: dim
Definition: make dim or lusterless
Usage: Time had dimmed the silver
Main entry: dim
Definition: become dim or lusterless
Usage: the lights dimmed and the curtain rose
Definition: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Definition: lacking in light; not bright or harsh
Usage: a dim light beside the bed; subdued lights and soft music
Definition: made dim or less bright
Usage: the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation; dimmed headlights; we like dimmed lights when we have dinner
Main entry: dim, dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
Definition: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Usage: 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
Main entry: faint, shadowy, dim, vague, wispy
Definition: lacking clarity or distinctness
Usage: 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
Definition: offering little or no hope
Usage: 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