DWARF


Meaning of DWARF in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

white dwarf

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But the dwarfs are free of inner conflicts, and have no desire to move beyond their phallic existence to intimate relations.

For the moment at least, she had forgotten that he was a dwarf and the biggest disappointment of her life.

I was not hurt, but this time the dwarf was sent away from the palace as a punishment.

That is about the size of a typical white dwarf , the remnant left behind after the death of a normal star.

The smallest, feeblest stars, called M5 red dwarfs, have about 5 percent of the mass of our Sun.

You may want to embellish the walk through the woods and the dwarfs' house, and even name the dwarfs.

II. adjective

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a dwarf cherry tree

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For a small city lot, there are dwarf varieties that grow eight to 15 feet tall.

I also like the dwarf rudbeckia Toto.

III. verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Rachel was small and slight, and was dwarfed by the other competitors.

The ship came slowly into the harbour, dwarfing all the surrounding boats.

The smaller, older houses are dwarfed by the new apartment blocks and hotels.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

All is dwarfed at the end, though, by a chilling report and follow-up on the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre.

But that figure is dwarfed by the loss of the revenue and profits stream over the life of the field.

But those same polls have shown that Dole dwarfs Clinton on questions of honesty and integrity.

In addition to the scale, the basement contained the weight room and lockers and it dwarfed the gym above us.

It is a mountain range that dwarfs any subaerial system.

Once the work was hung I wanted it to occupy the space comfortably without dwarfing the area or appearing lost.

The 74 million Baby-Boom cohort dwarfs the 40 million Generation Xers.

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