Definitions for dwarf

Overview of noun dwarf

The noun dwarf has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) dwarf, midget, nanus

(a person who is markedly small)

2. gnome, dwarf

(a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure)

3. dwarf

(a plant or animal that is atypically small)

Overview of verb dwarf

The verb dwarf has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (3) shadow, overshadow, dwarf

(make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year")

2. dwarf

(check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines")