dwarf

1. n. An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being. Source: opted

2. v. t. To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt. Source: opted

3. v. i. To become small; to diminish in size. Source: opted

4. n. a person who is markedly small Source: wordnet

5. n. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure Source: wordnet

6. n. a plant or animal that is atypically small Source: wordnet

7. v. make appear small by comparison Source: wordnet

8. v. check the growth of Source: wordnet

9. An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being. Note: During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared the favor of courts and the nobility. Note: Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much below the usual or normal size; as, dwarf tree; dwarf honeysuckle. 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. To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt. Addison. Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . . would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background. J. C. Shairp. To become small; to diminish in size. Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter it, our great conceptions dwarf. Beaconsfield. Source: webster

10. An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of itsspecies or kind; especially, a diminutive human being. Source: adambom

11. v:29/n:71 n. a person who is markedly small n. a plant or animal that is atypically small v. check the growth of Source: ecdict

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