Of persons: Low in stature: opposed to tall. †shorter by the head: beheaded.

Of limited physical size; not big, or relatively small, in comparison with other things, especially… Of material objects, geographical features…

Of a person or animal: small in height; short (now chiefly archaic and regional). Also of a person or animal's height or stature: small, short.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1. Cf. tall, adj. 2b.)

Of, resembling, or characteristic of a person with dwarfism; (also) designating such a person. More generally: of very small stature, diminutive…

Diminutive, puny, insignificant.

Of, belonging to, or designating the race of pygmies (sense A. 1a); (generally) of very small size or stature; dwarf.

Of persons: Stunted, undersized. Obsolete.

esp. Applied to a little person who is trim or smart in his ways and movements: ‘little and active, lively without bulk’ (Johnson).

Of a person, animal, or plant: undersized, slight; lacking in strength, weak, feeble.

Stunted, undersized.

Of a thick rounded form, like a bundle or parcel; neatly and compactly framed; tight, compact; in quot. 1722, shrunken, shrivelled.

Half a yard high or long.

Scottish and English regional (northern). Of a person or animal: small and slight; puny, weakly.

Of a woman or girl: of small stature and build; (formerly frequently depreciative) †slight, little (obsolete); (now usually in positive sense)…

transferred. Diminutive, dwarfish.

Abnormally small, insignificant-looking, puny. scram hand, a withered hand (Elworthy, West Som. Gloss.); hence Comb. scram-handed adj.

Having something of the character of a squib.

= gnomish, adj.; also occasionally, being a gnome, dwarf-like.

Of the nature of, resembling, or characteristic of a dwarf (in various senses); unusually small or short.

Reaching as high as the knees. Frequently in jocular phrase (originally U.S.) knee-high to a grasshopper (and variants), i.e. very short.

dialect. Undersized.

Resembling a dwarf, dwarfish; of unusually small size.

Diminutive, insignificant.

Stunted, shrivelled, stumpy.

Of a person: (very) small or short; spec. (now offensive) unusually short due to a genetic or medical condition causing dwarfism. Now often derogatory…

of short build, stumpy.

sawed-off figurative, short, undersized. Frequently of persons, etc.: below average height. Also elliptical. Cf. sawn, adj. 2b. U.S. colloquial.

Stunted, short.

That resembles a Munchkin; small, childlike; resembling a child in size or character; designed for children.

sawn-off (now more usually than sawed-off except in North American usage). = sawed, adj. 1b. colloquial.

small in stature.