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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0