I. noun
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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.
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For the moment at least, she had forgotten that he was a dwarf and the biggest disappointment of her life.
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I was not hurt, but this time the dwarf was sent away from the palace as a punishment.
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That is about the size of a typical white dwarf , the remnant left behind after the death of a normal star.
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The smallest, feeblest stars, called M5 red dwarfs, have about 5 percent of the mass of our Sun.
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You may want to embellish the walk through the woods and the dwarfs' house, and even name the dwarfs.
II. adjective
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a dwarf cherry tree
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For a small city lot, there are dwarf varieties that grow eight to 15 feet tall.
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I also like the dwarf rudbeckia Toto.
III. verb
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Rachel was small and slight, and was dwarfed by the other competitors.
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The ship came slowly into the harbour, dwarfing all the surrounding boats.
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The smaller, older houses are dwarfed by the new apartment blocks and hotels.
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All is dwarfed at the end, though, by a chilling report and follow-up on the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre.
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But that figure is dwarfed by the loss of the revenue and profits stream over the life of the field.
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But those same polls have shown that Dole dwarfs Clinton on questions of honesty and integrity.
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In addition to the scale, the basement contained the weight room and lockers and it dwarfed the gym above us.
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It is a mountain range that dwarfs any subaerial system.
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Once the work was hung I wanted it to occupy the space comfortably without dwarfing the area or appearing lost.
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The 74 million Baby-Boom cohort dwarfs the 40 million Generation Xers.