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Lacking in light
“We followed the paramedics and the pool attendant to a dimmed room.”
Expressing subtlety of a particular quality as opposed to intense
Past tense for to become, or to make, less bright, especially of a light source
“You can even dim the lights in the classroom and shine a flashlight on your face as you read, to up the spooky factor.”
Past tense for to become, or cause to become, dark
“The night sky would dim tremendously with the stars currently visible to the naked eye being reduced to a mere handful.”
Past tense for to fade or become less intense
“There would always be a special place in the heart for each other, but time would pass and memory would dim.”
Past tense for to make, or become, visually indistinct
“Mixed in with it are tiny dust grains and, like smoke, they dim our view of things beyond.”
Past tense for to lessen, diminish or weaken
“A clash with Hegel, then the leading luminary of the German philosophical world, appeared to dim his prospects of becoming a successful lecturer.”
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