an animal or plant much below the average height for the species
b.
(as modifier)
a dwarf tree
3.
(in folklore) a small ugly manlike creature, often possessing magical powers
4. astronomy short for dwarf star
verb
5.
to become or cause to become comparatively small in size, importance, etc
6. (transitive)
to stunt the growth of
Derived forms
dwarfish (ˈdwarfish)
adjective
dwarfishly (ˈdwarfishly)
adverb
dwarfishness (ˈdwarfishness)
noun
Word origin
Old English dweorg; related to Old Norse dvergr, Old High German twerc
All related terms of 'dwarves'
droich
a dwarf
dwarf
If one person or thing is dwarfed by another, the second is so much bigger than the first that it makes them look very small.
red dwarf
one of a class of small cool main-sequence stars
brown dwarf
a type of celestial body midway in mass between a large planet and a small star
white dwarf
one of a large class of small faint stars of enormous density (on average 10 8 kg/m 3 ) with diameters only about 1 per cent that of the sun, and masses less than the Chandrasekhar limit (about 1.4 solar masses). It is thought to mark the final stage in the evolution of a sun-like star