smother, blot out, black out, obscure, fade, soften, turn down (a light), dim (a light), darken, lower (the lights), gray out, mute, subdue, reduce, blur, cast (a shadow), water down, diffuse, dissipate, filter, wane, die down, die out/away, tone down, block out (light), peter out, cloud over, pull the color out of

flash, ripple, dance, skitter, flutter, spatter, splatter, dot with, speckle, stipple, prick, flicker, sputter, twinkle, fluctuate, glitter, blink, wink, sparkle, spurt, waver, sprinkle

struggle, dip, slide, touch, stand, drop, rise, heat, set, descend, climb, slip, tinge, glow, go down, shine, burn, sink, cross, reach, heat up, ascend, parch, come up

flash, bob, ripple, split, lower, flutter, blot out, black out, obscure, dot with, spot, fleck, streak, edge with, stripe, dapple, mottle, stipple, sputter, twinkle, fluctuate, spurt, sprinkle, glint, eclipse, draw the shades, block out, turn on and off, block (light), filter through, blotch, refract, splotch, spark, glance off, wink out, squirt

dip, hit, strike, liquefy, spread, wave, flash, bob, freeze, stab, pour, churn, flush, fill, spray, saturate, sear, dive, bleed, swim, splatter, blaze, lap, imbue, define, outline, drench, beautify, bleach, splash, mark, glisten, seep, cast a shadow, radiate, glitter, sparkle, glint, purl, gush, soak up, glare, light up, burst, slosh, squirt, swoosh, swirl, sluice, flare, break through, singe, beat down, flow, tint, flood, stream, spill, steep, wash over, gleam, spout, blind, bathe (in light), shine, reflect, emit, backlight, explode, slather, dazzle, suffuse, glimmer, shimmer, deluge, infuse, brighten, illumine, emanate, intensify, illuminate, permeate, silver

struggle, squeeze, falter, smolder, outline, fade, soften, ooze, subdue, blur, water down, diffuse, dissipate, wane, seep, ebb, glow, leak, drip, drift, cast a shadow, reach into, yellow, absorb, trickle, puddle, dribble, lighten, blush, radiate, tinge with, subside, gutter