"dwarfing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dwarfings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dwarfing (countable and uncountable, plural dwarfings)
  1. The situation where something is made to seem (relatively) small or unimportant. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dwarfing-en-noun-nFYXcb-5

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dwarfing
  1. present participle and gerund of dwarf Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: dwarf
    Sense id: en-dwarfing-en-verb-eXXDOJjT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76

Inflected forms

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