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Noun dwarf has 2 senses
  1. dwarf, midget, nanus - a person who is abnormally small
    --1 is a kind of small person
    --1 has particulars: primordial dwarf, hypoplastic dwarf, true dwarf, normal dwarf
    Derived forms: verb dwarf2, verb dwarf1
  2. gnome, dwarf - a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
    --2 is a kind of fairy, faery, faerie, sprite
    --2 has particulars: Nibelung; Andvari
,Verb dwarf has 2 senses
  1. shadow, overshadow, dwarf - make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves that of last year"
    --1 is one way to dominate, command, overlook, overtop
    Derived form: noun dwarf1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. dwarf - check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"
    --2 is one way to     stunt
    Derived form: noun dwarf1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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