'Dwarf' definitions:

Definition of 'dwarf'

(from WordNet)
noun
A person who is markedly small [syn: dwarf, midget, nanus]
noun
A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure [syn: gnome, dwarf]
noun
A plant or animal that is atypically small
verb
Make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year" [syn: shadow, overshadow, dwarf]
verb
Check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"

Definition of 'Dwarf'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . . would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dwarf'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dwarf'

From: GCIDE
  • Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. i. To become small; to diminish in size. [1913 Webster]
  • Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter it, our great conceptions dwarf. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'dwarf'

From: Easton
  • Dwarf a lean or emaciated person (Lev. 21:20).