a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled" any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball" produce dimples while smiling; "The child dimpled up to the adults" mark with, or as if with, dimples; "drops dimpled the smooth stream" 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