DWARF

Meaning of DWARF in English

Function: transitive verb

Date: circa 1626

1 : to restrict the growth of : STUNT

2 : to cause to appear smaller or to seem inferior <has dwarf ed the achievements of her predecessors>

intransitive verb : to become smaller

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

DWARF — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) brown dwarf dwarf star white dwarf star
Английский словарь Британика
DWARF — I. ˈdwȯ(ə)r]f, -ȯ(ə)] noun ( plural dwarfs ]fs ; or dwarves ]vz) Etymology: Middle English dwerg, dwerf, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DWARF — — dwarflike , adj. — dwarfness , n. /dwawrf/ , n. , pl. dwarfs, dwarves , adj. , v. n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DWARF — I. ˈdwȯrf noun ( plural dwarfs ˈdwȯrfs ; also dwarves ˈdwȯrvz) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English dwerg, dwerf, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DWARF — vi to become small; to diminish in size. 2. dwarf ·vt to hinder from growing to the natural size; to …
Webster English vocab
DWARF — [dwarf] n, pl dwarfs also dwarves often attrib [ME dwerg, dwerf, fr. OE dweorg, dweorh; akin to OHG twerg dwarf] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DWARF — an individual who is much below the ordinary stature or size for his race or species. (For the physiology of …
Britannica English vocabulary
DWARF — dwarf BrE AmE dwɔːf AmE dwɔːrf ▷ dwarfed dwɔːft AmE dwɔːrft ▷ dwarfing ˈdwɔːf ɪŋ AmE ˈdwɔːrf ɪŋ ▷ dwarfs …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DWARF — / dwɔːf; NAmE dwɔːrf/ noun , adjective , verb ■ noun ( pl. dwarfs or dwarves / dwɔːvz; NAmE dwɔːrvz/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DWARF — I. dwarf 1 /dwɔːf $ dwɔːrf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural dwarfs or dwarves ) [countable] [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DWARF — n. & v. --n. (pl. dwarfs or dwarves) 1 a a person of abnormally small stature, esp. one with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DWARF — n. & v. n. (pl. dwarfs or dwarves) 1 a a person of abnormally small stature, esp. one with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DWARF — n. & v. --n. (pl. dwarfs or dwarves) 1. a a person of abnormally small stature, esp. one with a …
Oxford English vocab
DWARF — ( dwarfs, or dwarves, dwarfs, dwarfing, dwarfed) 1. If one person or thing is dwarfed by another, the second is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DWARF — (~s, or dwarves, ~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If one person or thing is ~ed by another, the second is so …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DWARF — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES white dwarf EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But the dwarfs are free of inner conflicts, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DWARF — n. brown dwarf dwarf star white dwarf star
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DWARF — n. Function: noun a very small person FF1C; she was a tiny little thing, almost a dwarf FF1E; Synonyms: homunculus, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DWARF — I. noun a very small person she was a tiny little thing, almost a dwarf Synonyms: homunculus, hop-o'-my-thumb, Lilliputian, manikin, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DWARF — adj. Dwarf is used with these nouns: ↑ shrub , ↑ tulip
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DWARF — n. 25B6; noun PERSON OF RESTRICTED GROWTH, small person, short person; midget, pygmy, manikin, homunculus. the wizard captured the dwarf …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DWARF — 1. сущ. 1) а) карлик Syn : pygmy, midget б) миф. гоблин, гном 2) карликовое животное, карликовое растение 2. прил. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DWARF — dwarf.ogg 1. dwɔ:f n 1. карлик 2. карликовое животное или растение 3. фольк. гном 4. астр. карлик, карликовая звезда white …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DWARF — карликовый светофор - shunting dwarf - three-aspect dwarf
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DWARF — карликовый светофор - shunting dwarf - three-aspect dwarf
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
DWARF — 1. dwɔ:f n 1. карлик 2. карликовое животное или растение 3. фольк. гном 4. астр. карлик, карликовая звезда white dwarf …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DWARF — 1. сущ. 1) а) карлик Syn: pygmy , midget б) миф. гоблин, гном 2) карликовое животное, карликовое растение 2. прил. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DWARF — 1. сущ. 1) а) карлик Syn: pygmy, midget б) миф. гоблин, гном 2) карликовое животное, карликовое растение 2. прил. карликовый, миниатюрный; малорослый Those little dwarf spirits, we call elves …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DWARF — 1) карлик; карликовое животное; карликовое растение; карликовый, низкорослый 2) фтп. карликовость (возбудитель - вирус) 3) мешать росту; останавливать развитие; задерживаться в развитии • - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DWARF — 1) карлик; карликовое животное; карликовое растение; карликовый, низкорослый 2) фтп. карликовость ( возбудитель - вирус ) 3) мешать росту; останавливать …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DWARF — 1. сущ. 1) а) карлик Syn : pygmy, midget б) миф. гоблин, гном 2) карликовое животное, карликовое растение 2. прил. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DWARF — pigmé, nan. HE DWARFED HIS COMPANION: su compane aspectet apu il quam un nano, il nanisat su compane
English interlingue dictionary
DWARF — enano
English-Visayan vocabulary
DWARF — I. noun (plural ~s; also dwarves) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English dwerg, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, dweorh; akin …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DWARF — (v. i.) To become small; to diminish in size.
Английский словарь Webster
DWARF — (v. t.) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
Английский словарь Webster
DWARF — (n.) An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive …
Английский словарь Webster
DWARF — ( v. t. ) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DWARF — ( v. i. ) To become small; to diminish in size.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DWARF — ( n. ) An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DWARF — v. reduce, minimize, miniaturize, make small
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DWARF — n. abnormally short human, pygmy, midget; small man with magical powers (Folklore)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DWARF — n. black dwarf brown dwarf red dwarf white dwarf yellow dwarf black dwarfs white dwarfs
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DWARF — n. Function: adjective Date: 1597 of a plant : low-growing in habit < dwarf er forms of citrus>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DWARF — Pronunciation: ' dwo ̇ rf Function: noun Inflected Form: plural dwarfs \ ' dwo ̇ rfs \ also dwarves \ …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DWARF — ■ noun ( plural ~s or dwarves ) 1》 a member of a mythical race of short, stocky human-like creatures, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DWARF — [noun] [C] [plural] dwarfs or dwarves - a person who is much smaller than the usual size, or (in stories …
Cambridge English vocab
DWARF — Synonyms and related words : Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Lilliputian, Mab, Oberon, Titania, Tom Thumb, ace, atom, banshee, bedwarf, belittle, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DWARF — n. Function: adjective Synonyms: TINY , ||bitsy, diminutive, dwarfish, lilliputian, midget, miniature, minikin, teensy, wee
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DWARF — n. Function: verb Synonyms: STUNT , suppress
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DWARF — I . n. Pygmy, hop o'my thumb. II . v. a. Stunt, hinder from growth.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
DWARF — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
DWARF — See ↑ HIGH 4, ↑ TALL 3
Longman Activator English vocab
DWARF — v. overshadow, dominate, diminish, minimize The new tower dwarfs the older buildings
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DWARF — [Folklore] In myths and folklore, dwarfs are small humanoids, about half the size of a man, who live in caves …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
DWARF — [Debug With Arbitrary Record Format] технология отладки при произвольном формате записей
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DWARF — Гном
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DWARF — мешать росту; останавливать развитие создавать впечатление меньшего размера; уменьшить, заставить казаться маленьким карлик карликовое животное или растение гоблин, гном карликовый, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DWARF — (v) уменьшать; уменьшить
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DWARF — (n) гном; карлик
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DWARF — 1. [dwɔ:f] n 1. карлик 2. карликовое животное или растение 3. фольк. гном 4. астр. карлик, карликовая звезда white ~ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DWARF — v. мешать росту, останавливать развитие, создавать впечатление меньшего размера
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DWARF — n. карлик, карликовое животное, карликовое растение, гном
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DWARF — v. мешать росту, останавливать развитие, создавать впечатление меньшего размера
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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