1. A person who is markedly small
   "Despite being a dwarf, he had a larger-than-life personality";
   - midget, nanus [archaic]
    
2. A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
   "The garden was decorated with colourful dwarf statues";
   - gnome
    
3. A plant or animal that is atypically small
   "The dwarf sunflower only grows to about three feet tall"

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"

Derived forms: dwarfing, dwarfs, dwarves, dwarfed

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

Encyclopedia: Dwarf, achondroplastic