dwarf


Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to dwarf: red dwarf

dwarf

 (dwôrf)
n. pl. dwarfs or dwarves (dwôrvz)
1.
a. A person with a usually genetic disorder resulting in atypically short stature and often disproportionate limbs.
b. An atypically small animal or plant.
2. A small creature resembling a human, often having magical powers, appearing in legends and fairy tales.
3. A dwarf star.
v. dwarfed, dwarf·ing, dwarfs
v.tr.
1. To check the natural growth or development of; stunt: "The oaks were dwarfed from lack of moisture" (John Steinbeck).
2. To cause to appear small by comparison: "Together these two big men dwarfed the tiny Broadway office" (Saul Bellow).
v.intr.
To become stunted or grow smaller.

[Middle English dwerf, from Old English dweorh.]

dwarf′ish adj.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

dwarf

(dwɔːf)
n, pl dwarfs or dwarves (dwɔːvz)
1. (Physiology) an abnormally undersized person, esp one with a large head and short arms and legs. Compare midget
2. (Biology)
a. an animal or plant much below the average height for the species
b. (as modifier): a dwarf tree.
3. (European Myth & Legend) (in folklore) a small ugly manlike creature, often possessing magical powers
4. (Celestial Objects) astronomy short for dwarf star
vb
5. to become or cause to become comparatively small in size, importance, etc
6. (tr) to stunt the growth of
[Old English dweorg; related to Old Norse dvergr, Old High German twerc]
ˈdwarfish adj
ˈdwarfishly adv
ˈdwarfishness n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dwarf

(dwɔrf)

n., pl. dwarfs, dwarves,
adj., v. n.
1. a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, esp. a condition that produces short limbs or anatomical deformation.
2. an animal or plant much smaller than the average of its kind or species.
3. a diminutive being of folklore, often represented as a tiny old man, skilled as an artificer and having magical powers.
adj.
5. of unusually small stature or size; diminutive.
v.t.
6. to cause to seem small in size, character, etc., as by being much larger.
7. to prevent the due development of; stunt.
v.i.
8. to become stunted or smaller.
[before 900; Old English dweorh, dweorg; c. Old High German twerg, Old Norse dvergr]
dwarf′like`, adj.
syn: dwarf, midget, pygmy are terms for a very small person. A dwarf is someone checked in growth or stunted, or in some way not normally formed. A midget (not in technical use) is someone normally proportioned, but diminutive. A pygmy is properly a member of one of certain small-sized peoples of Africa and Asia, but the word is often used imprecisely to mean dwarf or midget. dwarf is a term often used to describe very small plants. pygmy is used to describe very small animals.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

dwarf


Past participle: dwarfed
Gerund: dwarfing

Imperative
dwarf
dwarf
Present
I dwarf
you dwarf
he/she/it dwarfs
we dwarf
you dwarf
they dwarf
Preterite
I dwarfed
you dwarfed
he/she/it dwarfed
we dwarfed
you dwarfed
they dwarfed
Present Continuous
I am dwarfing
you are dwarfing
he/she/it is dwarfing
we are dwarfing
you are dwarfing
they are dwarfing
Present Perfect
I have dwarfed
you have dwarfed
he/she/it has dwarfed
we have dwarfed
you have dwarfed
they have dwarfed
Past Continuous
I was dwarfing
you were dwarfing
he/she/it was dwarfing
we were dwarfing
you were dwarfing
they were dwarfing
Past Perfect
I had dwarfed
you had dwarfed
he/she/it had dwarfed
we had dwarfed
you had dwarfed
they had dwarfed
Future
I will dwarf
you will dwarf
he/she/it will dwarf
we will dwarf
you will dwarf
they will dwarf
Future Perfect
I will have dwarfed
you will have dwarfed
he/she/it will have dwarfed
we will have dwarfed
you will have dwarfed
they will have dwarfed
Future Continuous
I will be dwarfing
you will be dwarfing
he/she/it will be dwarfing
we will be dwarfing
you will be dwarfing
they will be dwarfing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dwarfing
you have been dwarfing
he/she/it has been dwarfing
we have been dwarfing
you have been dwarfing
they have been dwarfing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dwarfing
you will have been dwarfing
he/she/it will have been dwarfing
we will have been dwarfing
you will have been dwarfing
they will have been dwarfing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dwarfing
you had been dwarfing
he/she/it had been dwarfing
we had been dwarfing
you had been dwarfing
they had been dwarfing
Conditional
I would dwarf
you would dwarf
he/she/it would dwarf
we would dwarf
you would dwarf
they would dwarf
Past Conditional
I would have dwarfed
you would have dwarfed
he/she/it would have dwarfed
we would have dwarfed
you would have dwarfed
they would have dwarfed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.dwarf - a person who is markedly smalldwarf - a person who is markedly small  
hypophysial dwarf, Levi-Lorrain dwarf, pituitary dwarf - a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf)
hypoplastic dwarf, normal dwarf, primordial dwarf, true dwarf - an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal
small person - a person of below average size
2.dwarf - a legendary creature resembling a tiny old mandwarf - a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
Nibelung - (German mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried
faerie, faery, fay, sprite - a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
Andvari - (Norse mythology) a dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki
3.dwarf - a plant or animal that is atypically small
organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
Verb1.dwarf - make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
overtop, overlook, command, dominate - look down on; "The villa dominates the town"
2.dwarf - check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"
stunt - check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

dwarf

verb
1. tower above or over, dominate, overlook, stand over, loom over, stand head and shoulders above The huge sign dwarfed his figure.
2. tower above or over, eclipse, put in the shade, diminish completely dwarfing the achievements of others
noun
1. gnome, midget, Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, munchkin (informal, chiefly U.S.), homunculus, manikin, hop-o'-my-thumb, pygmy or pigmy With the aid of magic the dwarfs created a wonderful rope.

Snow White's seven dwarfs

Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

dwarf

adjective
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
إنْسان قَزَمقَزَميَجْعَلُه يَبْدو قَزَما
trpaslíkzakrslíkpřevyšovat
dværgdværg-overskygge
kääpiö
patuljak
eltörpíteltörpül vmi mellett
dvergurgera lítiî í samanburîi
小人
난쟁이
neūžauganykštukasvizualiai mažinti
likt izskatīties mazākampundurisrūķītis
minimizaminuscul
palčekpritlikavec
dvärg
คนแคระ
cücecüceleştirmekbodur
chú lùn

dwarf

[dwɔːf]
A. ADJ (gen) → enano
B. N (dwarfs or dwarves (pl)) [dwɔːvz]enano/a m/f
C. VT (= dominate) [+ building, person] → empequeñecer, hacer que parezca pequeño; [+ achievement] → eclipsar
D. CPD dwarf bean Njudía f enana, fríjol m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dwarf

[ˈdwɔːrf]
nnain(e) m/f
vt (= be much bigger than) → être gigantesque à côté de
to be dwarfed by sth (= towered over) → être minuscule par rapport à qch
adj [plant, animal] → nain(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dwarf

n pl <dwarves> → Zwerg m; (= tree)Zwergbaum m; (= star)Zwerg(stern) m
adj personzwergenhaft; dwarf shrubsZwergsträucher pl
vt
(skyscraper, person)klein erscheinen lassen, überragen; (through achievements, ability etc) → in den Schatten stellen; to be dwarfed by somebody/somethingneben jdm/etw klein erscheinen
(Hort) treeklein züchten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dwarf

[dwɔːf]
1. adj & nnano/a
2. vt (subj, building, person) → fare sembrare piccolissimo/a, far scomparire; (achievement) → eclissare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dwarf

(dwoːf) plurals dwarfs (rare) dwarves (dwoːvz) noun
1. an animal, plant or person much smaller than normal.
2. in fairy tales etc, a creature like a tiny man, with magic powers. Snow White and the seven dwarfs.
verb
to make to appear small. The cathedral was dwarfed by the surrounding skyscrapers.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

dwarf

قَزَم trpaslík dværg Zwerg νάνος enano kääpiö nain patuljak nano 小人 난쟁이 dwerg dverg karzeł anão карлик dvärg คนแคระ cüce chú lùn 矮子
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

dwarf

n. enano-a, persona de estatura inferior a la normal;
achondroplastic ______ acondroplástico-a;
asexual ______ asexual;
infantile ______ infantil;
micrometic ______ micromético-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

dwarf

n enano -na mf
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in classic literature ?
His value was trebled in the eyes of the king, by the fact of his being also a dwarf and a cripple.
I believe the name 'Hop-Frog' was not that given to the dwarf by his sponsors at baptism, but it was conferred upon him, by general consent of the several ministers, on account of his inability to walk as other men do.
The child was closely followed by an elderly man of remarkably hard features and forbidding aspect, and so low in stature as to be quite a dwarf, though his head and face were large enough for the body of a giant.
The child advanced timidly towards her brother and put her hand in his, the dwarf (if we may call him so) glanced keenly at all present, and the curiosity-dealer, who plainly had not expected his uncouth visitor, seemed disconcerted and embarrassed.
This courage at last bade me stand still and say: "Dwarf! Thou!
Then happened that which made me lighter: for the dwarf sprang from my shoulder, the prying sprite!
George, and the Lady, who is called Una, rode on followed by the Dwarf. At length in the wide forest they lost their way and came upon the lair of a terrible She-Dragon.
But as he lay there weak and ill the Dwarf came to warn him, for he had spied
Then she knew not what to do, and sat down once more to weep; but the dwarf soon opened the door, and said, 'What will you give me to do your task?' 'The ring on my finger,' said she.
The king was greatly delighted to see all this glittering treasure; but still he had not enough: so he took the miller's daughter to a yet larger heap, and said, 'All this must be spun tonight; and if it is, you shall be my queen.' As soon as she was alone that dwarf came in, and said, 'What will you give me to spin gold for you this third time?' 'I have nothing left,' said she.
They would not allow me to be a dwarf, because my littleness was beyond all degrees of comparison; for the queen's favourite dwarf, the smallest ever known in that kingdom, was near thirty feet high.
Nothing angered and mortified me so much as the queen's dwarf; who being of the lowest stature that was ever in that country