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"Dwarf" Definition

noun

A dwarf star.
A small creature resembling a human, often ugly, appearing in legends and fairy tales.
An abnormally small person, often having limbs and features atypically proportioned or formed.
An atypically small animal or plant.
One whose bodily proportions are abnormal.

verb-intransitive

To become stunted or grow smaller.

verb-transitive

To cause to appear small by comparison: "Together these two big men dwarfed the tiny Broadway office” ( Saul Bellow).
To check the natural growth or development of; stunt: "The oaks were dwarfed from lack of moisture” ( John Steinbeck).

verb

To cause to appear smaller or to seem inferior .
To become smaller.
To restrict the growth of .

adjective

Low-growing in habit .

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