dwarf

Speech parts

1. dwarf - Noun

2. dwarf - Adjective

3. dwarf - Verb

4. Dwarf - Proper noun

Meaning

An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.

To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

To become small; to diminish in size.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

midget overshadow gnome small little pygmy lilliputian tiny shadow miniature diminutive stunted petite outshine undersized
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Antonyms

cyclops grand almighty colossus titan hercules
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Hypernyms

fay being sprite faery command organism

Hyponyms

Nibelung Andvari hypoplastic dwarf normal dwarf primordial dwarf Levi-Lorrain dwarf

Phrases with the word

dwarf morning glory Cuvier's dwarf caiman dwarf gourami dwarf cassowary dwarf elliptical galaxy dwarf morningglory

Derivatives

dwarfs dwarfed dwarfing Dwarves

Examples

the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines Source: Internet

This year's debt dwarfs that of last year Source: Internet

15 Sagittae is a solar analog that has a brown dwarf substellar companion. Source: Internet

A binary star system that includes a nearby white dwarf can produce certain types of these spectacular stellar explosions, including the nova and a Type 1a supernova. Source: Internet

According to a group of astronomers at the University of Toronto and elsewhere, the observations of this supernova are best explained by assuming that it arose from a white dwarf which grew to twice the mass of the Sun before exploding. Source: Internet

"A dwarf speaks, walks, thinks like a normal person. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dwalm Dwan dwang dwarf astilbe dwarf banana dwarf bearded dragon