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Dwarf Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dwarf? [n] a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure [n] a person who is abnormally small [adj] atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star" [v] cast a shadow Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dwarf: dwarfish \| gnome \| little \| midget \| nanus \| overshadow \| shadow \| small Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dwarf: ace \| Ariel \| atom \| banshee \| bedwarf \| Befind \| belittle \| bit \| bitsy \| brownie \| cluricaune \| Corrigan \| dab \| de-emphasize \| detract from \| diminish \| diminutive \| dole \| dominate \| dot \| downplay \| dram \| dribble \| driblet \| dumpy \| dwarfed \| dwarfish \| elf \| elfin \| fairy \| fairy queen \| farthing \| fay \| Finnbeara \| fleck \| flyspeck \| fragment \| gnome \| gobbet \| goblin \| grain \| granule \| gremlin \| groat \| hair \| handful \| hob \| homunculus \| imp \| incipient \| iota \| jot \| kobold \| leprechaun \| Lilliputian \| little \| little bit \| Mab \| manikin \| meager \| midge \| midget \| miniature \| minify \| minikin \| minim \| minimize \| minimum \| minimus \| minutiae \| mite \| modicum \| molecule \| mote \| nanoid \| nutshell \| Oberon \| ounce \| ouphe \| overshadow \| particle \| pebble \| peewee \| peri \| pinch \| pip-squeak \| pittance \| pixie \| play down \| point \| pooka \| puca \| pwca \| pygmy \| rudimental \| rudimentary \| runt \| runty \| scraggy \| scrubby \| scruple \| shrimp \| shriveled \| shrunk \| shrunken \| smidgen \| smitch \| speck \| spoonful \| spot \| sprite \| squat \| stunted \| suppress \| sylph \| sylphid \| thimbleful \| tiny bit \| Titania \| tittle \| Tom Thumb \| trifling amount \| trivia \| underplay \| undersize \| undersized \| wart \| wee \| whit \| wizened See Also \| Andvari \| command \| dominate \| faerie \| faery \| fairy \| hypoplastic dwarf \| Nibelung \| normal dwarf \| overlook \| overtop \| primordial dwarf \| small person \| sprite \| true dwarf Dwarf In Webster's Dictionary \Dwarf\, n.; pl. {Dwarfs}. [OE. dwergh, dwerf, dwarf, AS. dweorg, dweorh; akin to D. dwerg, MHG. twerc, G. zwerg, Icel. dvergr, Sw. & Dan. dverg; of unknown origin.] An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being. Note: During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared the favor of courts and the nobility. Note: Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much below the usual or normal size; as, dwarf tree; dwarf honeysuckle. {Dwarf elder} (Bot.), danewort. {Dwarf wall} (Arch.), a low wall, not as high as the story of a building, often used as a garden wall or fence. --Gwilt. \Dwarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dwarfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwarfing}.] To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt. --Addison. Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . . would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background. --J. C. Shairp. \Dwarf\, v. i. To become small; to diminish in size. Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter it, our great conceptions dwarf. --Beaconsfield.

Dwarf Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dwarf?

[n] a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
[n] a person who is abnormally small
[adj] atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star"
[v] cast a shadow

Dwarf In Webster's Dictionary

\Dwarf\, n.; pl. {Dwarfs}. [OE. dwergh, dwerf, dwarf, AS.
dweorg, dweorh; akin to D. dwerg, MHG. twerc, G. zwerg, Icel.
dvergr, Sw. & Dan. dverg; of unknown origin.]
An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of
its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.

Note: During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared
      the favor of courts and the nobility.

Note: Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much
      below the usual or normal size; as, dwarf tree; dwarf
      honeysuckle.

{Dwarf elder} (Bot.), danewort.

{Dwarf wall} (Arch.), a low wall, not as high as the story of
   a building, often used as a garden wall or fence. --Gwilt.


\Dwarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dwarfed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dwarfing}.]
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep
small; to stunt. --Addison.

      Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . .
      would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a
      spiritual background.                    --J. C.
                                               Shairp.


\Dwarf\, v. i.
To become small; to diminish in size.

      Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter
      it, our great conceptions dwarf.         --Beaconsfield.

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