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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
dwarf
n 1: a person who is markedly small [syn: dwarf, midget,
nanus]
2: a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the
depths of the earth and guards buried treasure [syn: gnome,
dwarf]
3: a plant or animal that is atypically small
v 1: make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs
that of last year" [syn: shadow, overshadow, dwarf]
2: check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these
pines"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Dwarf \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.]
1. An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size
of its species or kind.
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2. Especially: 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.
[PJC]
Note: During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared
the favor of courts and the nobility.
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3. (Folklore) A small, usually misshapen person, typically a
man, who may have magical powers; mythical dwarves were
often depicted as living underground in caves.
[PJC]
Note: Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much
below the usual or normal size; as, a dwarf pear tree;
dwarf honeysuckle.
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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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Dwarf \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.
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Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . .
would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a
spiritual background. --J. C.
Shairp.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. i.
To become small; to diminish in size.
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Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter
it, our great conceptions dwarf. --Beaconsfield.
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5. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
Dwarf
a lean or emaciated person (Lev. 21:20).
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Thesaurus Results for Dwarf:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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