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dwarf

noun

1 dwarf

A person who is markedly small.

synonyms: midget, nanus.

Roget 193: littleness etc. adj.; smallness etc. (of quantity) 32; exiguity, inextension; parvitude, parvity; duodecimo; Elzevir edition, ... show more

Dutch: dwerg-, mini-, dwerg, lilliputter
Polish: karzeł

2 dwarf

A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure.

synonym: gnome.

Roget 980: demon, daemon, demonry, demonology; evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva, devil; bad spirit, unclean spirit; cacodemon, incubus, ... show more

Dutch: aardmannetje, dwerg, gnoom, kabouter
Polish: gnom

3 dwarf

A plant or animal that is atypically small.

Dutch: dwergster
Polish: karzeł

verb

1 dwarf

Make appear small by comparison:
— This year's debt dwarfs that of last year.

synonyms: overshadow, shadow.

Roget 36: decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge etc. (shorten) 201; shrink etc. (contract) 195; drop off, fall off, tail off; ... show more

Roget 195: become small, become smaller; lessen, decrease etc. 36; grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, ... show more

2 dwarf

Check the growth of.


adjective

Roget 193: little; small etc. (in quantity) 32; minute, diminutive, microscopic; microzoal; inconsiderable etc. (unimportant) 643; exiguous, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Lilliputian, Mab, Oberon, Titania, Tom Thumb, ace, atom, banshee, bedwarf, belittle, bit, bitsy, brownie, cluricaune, dab, de-emphasize ... show more.

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