How to pronounce“dwarf”in English
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Definitions of “dwarf”
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.
“[T]he elf king and his queen made a royal progress every noon with a splendid retinue of dwarves and sprites, […]”
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.
“The nurse exclaimed it when I finally arrived, a month late (a habit I have kept). That's how my parents found out that I was a little person, a dwarf, of short stature.”
Miniature.
“The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.”
To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
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