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dwarf
has definitions from the field of folklore
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[ verb ] cast a shadow
Synonyms Used in print (Todhunter Ballard, The Night Riders....)The building was dwarfed by the scene outside . (Mary Savage, Just for Tonight....)Red_man or white_man , pacifist or killer , the forest would accept them all - knowing that it could thrive equally well on slaughter and beneficence ; knowing that its ageless mass would always dwarf the short span of time allotted to any man . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a person who is abnormally small
Used in print (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)He was n't a dwarf but he was a_bit of a comic figure . Related terms |
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[ verb ] check the growth of
Examples "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines" Related terms |
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