dwarf


Definition: Meaning of, dwarf in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dwɔːf /

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dwarf dwarfs, dwarves
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  1. an imaginary creature that looks like a small man
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  2. a person who is a dwarf has not continued to grow to the normal height because of a medical condition. Many people think that this use is offensive.
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  1. a dwarf plant or animal is much smaller than the usual size
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
dwarf dwarfed dwarfed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
dwarfing dwarfs
[transitive usually passive]
  1. to be so big that other things are made to seem very small
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dwarf used in phrases

  • American dwarf birch (noun)
    1. small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
  • Levi-Lorrain dwarf (noun)
    1. as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors
  • Newfoundland dwarf birch (noun)
    1. small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
  • Tasman dwarf pine (noun)
    1. small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches
  • brown dwarf (noun)
    1. astronomy :an object larger than most planets but with insufficient mass to burn hydrogen like a star
  • dwarf Russian almond (noun)
    1. asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers
  • dwarf astilbe (noun)
    1. mat-forming evergreen Asiatic plant with finely cut leaves and small pink to burgundy flowers; grown as ground cover
  • dwarf banana (noun)
    1. low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit
  • dwarf bilberry (noun)
    1. low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries
  • dwarf blueberry (noun)
    1. low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries
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