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[ dwawr -fing ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈdwɔr fɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Biology . a process in which an animal breed or plant cultivar is intentionally induced, as by selective breeding and genetic engineering, to produce a breed or cultivar that is significantly smaller than the original: bulldogs and commercial fruit trees are examples of organisms that have been subjected to dwarfing.
Origin of dwarfing First recorded in 1620–30; dwarf + -ing1
Words nearby dwarfing dwarf door, dwarf elephant, dwarf galaxy, dwarf ginseng, dwarf huckleberry, dwarfing , dwarfish, dwarfism, dwarf Japanese quince, dwarf male, dwarf mallow
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Example sentences from the Web for dwarfing A gigantic backpack looms behind my head, dwarfing my 6-foot 3-inch frame.
A Young Chef Travels to Calabria, Italy, and Learns the Old Ways of Cooking | Curtis Stone| November 28, 2013| DAILY BEAST
It was a picture she had seen only in her dreams, convincing in its greatness, dwarfing all else with its might.
The Song of Songs | Hermann Sudermann
To begin with the most severe of the dwarfing processes to which he had been subjected.
When a man looks at everything through this dwarfing philosophy, everything has a great modicum of humbug.
Tomlinsoniana | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
We know it for certain that its enforcement means the dwarfing of our national being.
Chitta Ranjan | Sukumar Ranjan Das
"I am tempted to mention cathedrals as having rather a dwarfing effect upon their builders," Leigh said.
The Mayor of Warwick | Herbert M. Hopkins
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Words related to dwarfing midget, hinder, diminish, dominate, overshadow, petite, diminutive, pocket, small, low, baby, bantam, homunculus, dim, retard, suppress, lower, belittle, stunt, check