dwarf
/dwɔɹf/noun, verb1 syllable
Dwarf means: a person who is markedly small.
Synonyms for dwarf20
noun, as in a person who is markedly small
noun, as in a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
gnome
verb, as in make appear small by comparison
What does dwarf mean?5
noun
1
a person who is markedly small
2
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
3
a plant or animal that is atypically small
verb
1
make appear small by comparison“This year's debt dwarfs that of last year”
2
check the growth of“the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with dwarf?2
one syllable
wharfmorph
Dwarf in a sentence
- If our sun is a dwarf star, imagine how big the others must be.CK
- A dwarf may stand on a mountain, but it will not make him tall.Scott
- Do not laugh at a dwarf, or you will turn into a dwarf yourself.sabretou
- Pluto, which was once called a planet, is now called a dwarf planet.Hybrid
- As a star, the sun is a so-called yellow dwarf.Theocracy
- You can play as a human, as an elf or as a dwarf.Hybrid
- When the sun of culture sets, the dwarfs too look like giants.unknown
- When the sun of culture is low, even dwarfs will cast long shadows.niceguydave
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Forms of dwarf
as a noun
- plural
- dwarfs
as a verb
- past tense
- dwarfed
- present participle
- dwarfing
- third-person singular
- dwarfs
- past participle
- dwarfed