| n. | 1. | An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind. | ||||||
| 2. | A diminutive human being, small in stature due to a pathological condition which causes a distortion of the proportions of body parts to each other, such as the limbs, torso, and head. A person of unusually small height who has normal body proportions is usually called a | |||||||
| 3. | (Folklore) A small, usually misshapen person, typically a man, who may have magical powers; mythical dwarves were often depicted as living underground in caves.
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| v. t. | 1. | To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt. | ||||||
| v. i. | 1. | To become small; to diminish in size. | ||||||
| Noun | 1. | dwarf - a person who is abnormally small |
| 2. | dwarf - a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure Synonyms: gnome | |
| Verb | 1. | dwarf - make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves that of last year" Synonyms: overshadow, shadow |
| 2. | dwarf - check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines" |
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