dwarf
IPA: dwˈɔrf
noun
- (mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
- (now sometimes offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
- An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
- (astronomy) A dwarf star.
- (file format) A standardized debugging file format.
verb
- (transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
- (transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
- (transitive) To make appear insignificant.
- (intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
- To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
adjective
- (especially in botany) Miniature.
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Examples of "dwarf" in Sentences
- The witch spellbind the dwarfs.
- Ceres is the smallest of the dwarf planets.
- In the game the player controls Karadoc the dwarf.
- But the dwarf has his brain implanted in the monster.
- At the wedding a troupe of dwarfs entertain the guests.
- The Anti thesis is the Spot and the Synthesis is the Dwarf.
- The absence of predators led to the dwarfing of the hippos.
- Alfred the Great is a dwarf with an enormous prehensile tongue.
- It was the only of the Dwarf mansions to survive the First Age.
- Huckleberry and dwarf manzanita are common in the dense underbrush.