Dwarf

Quick meaning: Dwarf is a noun meaning An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.

Meaning

An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.

More Meanings

1. (astronomy) A dwarf star.
2. (especially in botany) Miniature.
3. (transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
4. (transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.
5. (transitive) To make appear insignificant.
6. (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.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

dwarf honeysuckle

The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.

It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.

The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.

Word Forms

• dwarfs
• dwarves
• dwarfer
• dwarfest
• dwarfing
• dwarfed

Synonyms for dwarf

Depending on context, synonyms include dwarfin, dwarrow, elf, midget, pygmy, runt.

Antonyms for dwarf

Common opposites include ettin, giant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include little, gnome, small, overshadow, shadow, midget.

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