Definitions for dwarf

Definitions for (noun) dwarf

Main entry: dwarf

Definition: a plant or animal that is atypically small


Main entry: dwarf, gnome

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


Main entry: dwarf, midget, nanus

Definition: a person who is markedly small


Definitions for (verb) dwarf

Main entry: dwarf

Definition: check the growth of

Usage: the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines


Main entry: dwarf, shadow, overshadow

Definition: make appear small by comparison

Usage: This year's debt dwarfs that of last year


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