1. (

• dwarf ,
• midget ,
• nanus

) a person who is markedly small ;

2. (

• gnome ,
• dwarf ,

) a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure ;

3. (

• dwarf

) a plant or animal that is atypically small ;

1. (

• shadow ,
• overshadow ,
• dwarf

) make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year" ;

2. (

• dwarf

) check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines" ;