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n. - A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; A person who is markedly small v. - Check the growth of; Make appear small by comparison.

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  • The cathedral is dwarfed by the surrounding skyscrapers.
  • Don’t get me wrong, I think ANY movie with a dwarf is awesome.
  • For one thing, the English word 'dwarf' has two possible plurals: 'dwarfs' and
  • He's a gun-slinging flyboy dwarf from a doomed world.
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