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1. sometimes offensive : a person of unusually small stature (see stature sense 1) especially : a person whose height does not exceed 4' 10" and is typically less than 4' 5" 2. : an animal or plant much below normal size. 3. folklore : a small legendary manlike being who is usually misshapen and ugly and skilled as a craftsman. 4.
DWARF definition: 1. in stories for children, a creature like a little man with magical powers: 2. a word, which is…. Learn more.
Dwarf definition: a person of abnormally small physical stature resulting from a medical or genetic condition, especially a person with achondroplasia or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.. See examples of DWARF used in a sentence.
An unusually short, small person is sometimes called a dwarf. There are many different genetic medical conditions that can cause a person to be classified as a little person or a dwarf.
1. verb. 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. His figure is dwarfed by the huge red McDonald's sign. [be VERB -ed] The U.S. air travel market dwarfs that of Britain. [VERB noun] 2. countable noun [with supplement]
n., pl. dwarfs, dwarves, adj., v. n. 1. a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, esp. a condition that produces short limbs or anatomical deformation. 2. an animal or plant much smaller than the average of its kind or species.
A person who is very small in stature, and related senses. I.1.a. Old English–. A person who is unusually small in stature, esp. as a result of a genetic or medical condition causing dwarfism.
The word dwarf can refer to someone whose body parts are not in proportion, whereas midget referred to an extremely small person having normal physical proportions. However, midget has never been used as a technical term and is now considered offensive.
adjective. A dwarf animal or plant is much smaller than the normal size. dwarf. verb [ T ] uk / dwɔːf / us. If something dwarfs other things, it is very big and makes them seem small: [ often passive ] The hotel is dwarfed by skyscrapers. (Definition of dwarf from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
See synonyms for dwarf on Thesaurus.com noun, plural dwarves [dwawrvz], /dwɔrvz/, dwarfs. a person of abnormally small physical stature resulting from a medical or genetic condition, especially a person with achondroplasia or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
