Dwarf

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A person with a usually genetic disorder resulting in atypically short stature and often disproportionate limbs.
  • noun. An atypically small animal or plant.
  • noun. A small creature resembling a human, often having magical powers, appearing in legends and fairy tales.
  • noun. A dwarf star.
  • intransitive verb. To check the natural growth or development of; stunt.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to appear small by comparison.
  • intransitive verb. To become stunted or grow smaller.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • noun. A person of very small size; a human being much below the ordinary stature.
  • noun. An animal or a plant much below the ordinary size of its species.
  • noun. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A small, usually misshapen person, typically a man, who may have magical powers; mythical dwarves were often depicted as living underground in caves.
  • noun. danewort.
  • noun. a low wall, not as high as the story of a building, often used as a garden wall or fence.
  • transitive verb. To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
  • intransitive verb. To become small; to diminish in size.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. (now sometimes offensive) 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.
  • noun. An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
  • noun. A star of relatively small size.
  • adjective. Miniature.
  • verb. To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
  • verb. To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
  • verb. To make appear insignificant.
  • verb. To become (much) smaller.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make appear small by comparison
  • noun. a plant or animal that is atypically small
  • noun. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
  • verb. check the growth of
  • noun. a person who is markedly small
  • Word Usage
    "If the term dwarf planet is amended to be a subclass of planet, thereby brought in line with the use of the term “dwarf” in astronomy dwarf stars are still stars; dwarf galaxies are still galaxies, much of this controversy would be resolved. gwen 2:26 pm on February 7, 2009 | # | Reply"
    Antonyms
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    ettin  giant  gigantic  midget  
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    dwarfed  dwarfing  
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    morph  orf  wharf  
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    ape  barbarian  bastard  beast  brute  
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    dwarves  
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