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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

midget, nanus

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

shadow, overshadow

also used for dwarf

dwarfin, dwarrow, elf, pygmy, runt, miniaturize, shrink, eclipse, outshadow, outshine, outdo, put to shame, upstage, surpass, outmatch

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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
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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