dim

Words with a similar base: dim, dimmed

'dim'

[dim.v.01] as in: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

'dim'

[dim.v.02] as in: become dim or lusterless

Examples:
the lights dimmed and the curtain rose

'dim'

[dim.v.03] as in: make dim or lusterless

Examples:
Time had dimmed the silver

'dim'

[blur.v.06] as in: become vague or indistinct

Examples:
The distinction between the two theories blurred

'dim'

[dim.s.01] as in: lacking in light; not bright or harsh

Examples:
a dim light beside the bed
subdued lights and soft music

'dim'

[dim.s.02] as in: lacking clarity or distinctness

Examples:
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

'dim'

[dimmed.a.01] as in: made dim or less bright

Examples:
the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation
dimmed headlights
we like dimmed lights when we have dinner

'dim'

[black.s.02] as in: offering little or no hope; ; ; - J.M.Synge

Examples:
the future looked black
prospects were bleak
Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult
took a dim view of things

'dim'

[dense.s.04] as in: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; - Thackeray

Examples:
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
dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
worked with the slow students

Origins

					dim (English)
└── dimm (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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