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Dwarf

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Noun

1. dwarf, midget, nanus

a person who is markedly small

2. dwarf, gnome

a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

3. dwarf

a plant or animal that is atypically small

Verb

4. dwarf, overshadow, shadow

make appear small by comparison

Example Sentences:
'This year's debt dwarfs that of last year'

5. dwarf

check the growth of

Example Sentences:
'the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Dwarf

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nounWord forms: plural dwarfs or dwarves (dwɔːvz )
1. 
an abnormally short person
2. 
a. 
an animal or plant much below the average height for the species
b. 
(as modifier)
a dwarf tree
3. 
(in folklore) a small ugly manlike creature, often possessing magical powers
4. astronomy short for dwarf star
verb
5. 
to become or cause to become comparatively small in size, importance, etc
6. (transitive)
to stunt the growth of

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Dwarf

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nounWord forms: plural dwarfs or dwarves (dwɔrvz ; dwôrvz)
1. 
any human being, animal, or plant that is much smaller than the usual one of its species
2.  Folklore
a little being in human form, usually ugly or malformed, to whom magic powers are attributed
3. 
a star of relatively small size or mass and low luminosity
see also white dwarf, black dwarf
verb transitive
4. 
to keep from growing to full natural size
5. 
to make small or insignificant
6. 
to make seem small by comparison
verb intransitive
7. 
to become stunted or dwarfed
adjective
8. 
undersized; stunted

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Dwarf

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n. pl. dwarfs or dwarves (dwôrvz)
1.
a. A person with a usually genetic disorder resulting in atypically short stature and often disproportionate limbs.
b. An atypically small animal or plant.
2. A small creature resembling a human, often having magical powers, appearing in legends and fairy tales.
3. A dwarf star.
v. dwarfed, dwarf·ing, dwarfs
v.tr.
1. To check the natural growth or development of; stunt: "The oaks were dwarfed from lack of moisture" (John Steinbeck).
2. To cause to appear small by comparison: "Together these two big men dwarfed the tiny Broadway office" (Saul Bellow).
v.intr.
To become stunted or grow smaller.

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