dwarf (n.)

  1. a person who is markedly small

    [ Syn: midget , nanus ]

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

    [ Syn: gnome ]

  3. a plant or animal that is atypically small

    dwarf (v.)

  1. make appear small by comparison; This years debt dwarfs that of last year

    [ Syn: shadow , overshadow ]

  2. check the growth of; the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines'

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