noun Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
noun A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
noun An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
dwarf tree
noun A dwarf star.
adjective Miniature.
The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.
verb To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
verb To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.
The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.