Dwarf

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An abnormally small person, often having limbs and features atypically proportioned or formed.
  • n. An atypically small animal or plant.
  • n. A small creature resembling a human, often ugly, appearing in legends and fairy tales.
  • n. A dwarf star.
  • v. To check the natural growth or development of; stunt: "The oaks were dwarfed from lack of moisture” ( John Steinbeck).
  • v. To cause to appear small by comparison: "Together these two big men dwarfed the tiny Broadway office” ( Saul Bellow).
  • verb-intransitive. To become stunted or grow smaller.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A creature from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having supernatural powers and being skilled in metalworking. Sometimes pluralized dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
  • n. A person with short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
  • n. An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
  • n. A star of relatively small size.
  • adj. Miniature.
  • v. To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
  • v. To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
  • v. To make appear insignificant.
  • v. To become (much) smaller.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind.
  • n. 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 midget.
  • n. A small, usually misshapen person, typically a man, who may have magical powers; mythical dwarves were often depicted as living underground in caves.
  • v. To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
  • verb-intransitive. To become small; to diminish in size.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A person of very small size; a human being much below the ordinary stature.
  • n. An animal or a plant much below the ordinary size of its species.
  • n. In Scand. myth., a diminutive and generally deformed being, dwelling in rocks and hills, and distinguished for skill in working metals.
  • Of small stature or size; of a size smaller than that common to its kind or species: as, a dwaf palm; dwarf trees.
  • To hinder from growing to the natural size; make or keep small; prevent the due development of; stunt.
  • To cause to appear less than reality; cause to look or seem small by comparison; as, the cathedral dwarfs the houses around it.
  • To become less; become dwarfish or stunted.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make appear small by comparison
  • n. a plant or animal that is atypically small
  • n. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
  • v. check the growth of
  • n. a person who is markedly small
  • Antonym
    midget    giant    gigantic    ettin   
    Verb Form
    dwarfed    dwarfing    dwarfs    dwarves   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    overlook    overtop    command    dominate    being    organism    stunt   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    dwarves   
    Form
    dwarfed    dwarfing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stunt    diminutive    Pygmy    Pigmy    droich    hop-o'-my-thumb    bantam    midge    midget    runt   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    morph    orf    wharf   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    elf    giant    goblin    wizard    gnome    dragon    warrior    monkey    demon    witch