Tra từ dwarf - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. a person who is markedly small (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
midget, nanus
• Hypernyms:
small person
• Hyponyms:
pituitary dwarf, hypophysial dwarf, Levi-Lorrain dwarf, primordial dwarf, hypoplastic dwarf,
true dwarf, normal dwarf
2. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man;
lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
• Syn:
gnome
• Derivationally related forms:
gnomic (for: gnome)
• Hypernyms:
fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite
• Hyponyms:
Nibelung, Andvari
3. a plant or animal that is atypically small
• Hypernyms:
organism, being

II - verb

1. make appear small by comparison (Freq. 3)
- This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
• Syn:
shadow, overshadow
• Derivationally related forms:
shadow (for: shadow)
• Hypernyms:
dominate, command, overlook, overtop
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. check the growth of
- the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines
• Hypernyms:
stunt
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something