Dim

a.	1.	Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished. The dim magnificence of poetry. - Whewell. How is the gold become dim! - Lam. iv. 1. I never saw The heavens so dim by day. - Shak. Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. - Wordsworth.
	2.	Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse. Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. - Job xvii. 7. The understanding is dim. - Rogers.
v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Dimmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dimming.] A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants. - Dryden. Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways. - Cowper.
	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. Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears. - C. Pitt.
v. i.	1.	To grow dim.

Verb	1.	dim - switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam Synonyms: dip
	2.	dim - become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown" Synonyms: darken
	3.	dim - become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
	4.	dim - make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
	5.	dim - make dim by comparison or conceal Synonyms: blind
	6.	dim - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" Synonyms: slur, blur
Adj.	1.	dim - lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" Synonyms: subdued
	2.	dim - 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" Synonyms: faint, shadowy, wispy, vague
	3.	dim - made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner" Synonyms: dimmed
	4.	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" Synonyms: bleak, black
	5.	dim - 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" Synonyms: dumb, slow, obtuse, dense, dull

DIM - DIM statement

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