dwarf

Noun

  • (n.) dwarf, midget, nanus (a person who is markedly small)
  • (n.) gnome, dwarf (a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure)
  • (n.) dwarf (a plant or animal that is atypically small)

Verb

  • (v.) shadow, overshadow, dwarf (make appear small by comparison) "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
  • (v.) dwarf (check the growth of) "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"
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