"dwarf" meaning in English

See dwarf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dwɔː(r)f/ Audio: en-us-dwarf.ogg [US] Forms: dwarf [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
enPR: dwô(r)f Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is dwarf is it smaller than normal. Anything of a much smaller than average size can be called dwarf..
    Sense id: simple-dwarf-en-adj-CVBl6DTp

Noun

IPA: /dwɔː(r)f/ Audio: en-us-dwarf.ogg [US] Forms: dwarfs [plural], dwarf [singular], dwarves [plural]
enPR: dwô(r)f Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE], {{irrnoun|dwarves}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A very little person. A dwarf is a person whose size is much smaller than average.
    Sense id: simple-dwarf-en-noun-hnrsDqm0
  2. A race of small people, sometime with long beards. This is a type of fictional character found in legends all over the world, whose main characteristic is being much shorter than normal.
    Sense id: simple-dwarf-en-noun-h~yTJ2o-

Verb

IPA: /dwɔː(r)f/ Audio: en-us-dwarf.ogg [US] Forms: dwarf [canonical], dwarfs [third-person, singular], dwarfed [past], dwarfed [past, participle], dwarfing [present, participle]
enPR: dwô(r)f Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If X dwarfs Y, X is much bigger than Y.
    Sense id: simple-dwarf-en-verb-~~ndD1gH
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          "text": "She is a dwarf, only three feet (one meter) tall."
        },
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          "text": "Some dwarfs used to be shown in circuses like strange animals."
        }
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          "text": "In Scandinavian legends dwarves are considered as a true people, different from human beings."
        },
        {
          "text": "Snow white was adopted by seven dwarves."
        }
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