dwarf

Meanings

Plural: dwarfs, dwarves

Noun

• a person who is markedly small
• a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
• a plant or animal that is atypically small
• Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
• A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
• An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
• A dwarf star.

Verb

• make appear small by comparison
  • "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
• check the growth of
  • "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"
• To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
• To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.
• To make appear insignificant.
• To become (much) smaller.
• To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

Adj

• Miniature.

Synonyms

dwarfin, dwarrow, eclipse, elf, gnome, midget, miniaturize, nanus, outdo, outmatch, outshadow, outshine, outstrip, overshadow, put to shame, pygmy, runt, shadow, shrink, surpass, upstage

Antonyms

ettin, giant

Anagrams of dwarf