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dwarf

UK/dwɔːf/ US/dwɔɹf/ fairly common
verb (2) noun (2)

verb

1.

make appear small by comparison

  • “This year”
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2.

check the growth of

  • “the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines”

noun

1.

a person who is abnormally small

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2.

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

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Origin

From Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.

Phrases

  • African dwarf sawshark plants and animals
  • bullet dwarf general terms
  • Cuvier's dwarf caiman plants and animals
  • dwarf bean plants and animals
  • dwarf holder general terms
  • dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants general terms
  • dwarf tossing general terms
  • dwarf wall general terms

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