[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dim \dim\, v. t. imp.  p. p. dimmed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   dimming.
   1. to render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or
      distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull;
      to obscure; to eclipse.
      1913 webster

            a king among his courtiers, who dims all his
            attendants.                           --dryden.
      1913 webster

            now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways.
                                                  --cowper.
      1913 webster

   2. to deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing
      clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to
      darken the senses or understanding of.
      1913 webster

            her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears.
                                                  --c. pitt.
      1913 webster
see also:
dimmed dimming 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dim
     adj 1: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside
            the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" syn: subdued
     2: 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" syn: faint,
         shadowy, vague, wispy
     3: made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a
        hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like
        dimmed lights when we have dinner" syn: dimmed ant: undimmed
     4: 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" syn: black, bleak
     5: 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"
        syn: dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
     v 1: switch a car's headlights from a higher to a lower beam
          syn: dip
     2: become or make darker; "the screen darkend"; "he darkened
        the colors by adding brown" syn: darken ant: brighten
     3: become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain
        rose"
     4: make dim or lusterless; "time had dimmed the silver"
     5: make dim by comparison or conceal syn: blind
     6: become vague or indistinct; "the distinction between the two
        theories blurred" syn: blur, slur ant: focus
     also: dimming, dimmed, dimmest, dimmer
see also:
subdued faint shadowy vague wispy dimmed 
undimmed black bleak dense dull 
dumb obtuse slow dip darken 
brighten blind blur slur focus 
dimming dimmest dimmer 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dimmed
     adj : made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a
           hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like
           dimmed lights when we have dinner" syn: dim ant: undimmed
see also:
dim undimmed 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dimmed
     see dim
see also:
dim 

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