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1. Make appear small by comparison
   "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year";
   - shadow, overshadow
    
2. Check the growth of
   "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"

1. A person who is markedly small
   - midget, nanus
    
2. A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
   - gnome
    
3. A plant or animal that is atypically small

Derived forms: dwarves, dwarfs, dwarfing, dwarfed

Type of: being, command, dominate, faerie, faery, fairy, fay, organism, overlook, overtop, small person, sprite, stunt

Encyclopedia: Dwarf, achondroplastic