dwarf
/dwɔrf/
noun
- A person, animal, or plant that is much smaller than the usual size for its kind.
- In the fairy tale, a friendly dwarf helped the lost children find their way home.
- The garden had a beautiful dwarf apple tree that only grew to four feet tall.
- The breed is a dwarf rabbit, perfect for people with limited space.
- A small imaginary creature in stories, often with magical powers and a beard.
- Snow White lived with seven dwarfs who worked in a diamond mine.
- Children dressed as dwarfs for the school play about the enchanted forest.
- The dwarf in the legend could shape metal into powerful weapons.
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verb
- To make something seem small or unimportant by comparison.
- The new skyscraper dwarfs all the other buildings in the city.
- The giant redwood trees dwarf the hikers walking beneath them.
- Her achievements in science dwarf those of many older researchers.
- To cause something to stop growing or to stay small.
- The poor soil dwarfed the plants, keeping them from reaching full size.
- Lack of sunlight can dwarf a tree that would otherwise grow very tall.
- The disease dwarfed the puppy's growth, leaving it permanently small.
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