dwarf
- noun
- /dwɔrf/
- Literature
- In the story, the dwarf bravely guarded the treasure deep within the mountain.
- dwarfs and giants
Now the other lip thing that I got is the Seven Dwarfs mini lipstick set.
- Now the other lip thing that I got is the Seven Dwarfs mini lipstick set.
- Correction, the seven dwarfs did say they were going off to work.
- Glass casket, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- What are the names of the seven dwarves?
- I What did the dwarves do for a living?
- Are there no black dwarves, no one that you're not like afraid of?
- But during next moulded many men like bodies of dwarfs under earth.
- I did have an initial request, which was fire breathing dwarfs.
- But yeah, I just wanted to not be a fantasy dwarf.
Examples
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Wulfgar eyed the outrageous dwarf curiously, not quite sure what to make of this unorthodox battlerager.
Fiction book (1992) -
I decided to take a stroll along the deck while I waited for the dwarf to reemerge.
Fiction book (1995) -
We appear to be one Dwarf short.
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"Spent lots of time on the road beside the likes of us," the dwarf decided.
Fiction book (1992) -
I thought of him often, the evil dwarf from the fairy tale.
Fiction book (1994) -
Well, which one of the seven dwarfs can explain to me how you get the audio?
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"Are the baiters ready?" asked the dwarf in charge of the toy brigade.
Fiction book (1992) -
Handmade by dwarfs in the Black Forest.
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"I knew it!" the red-bearded dwarf proclaimed, spinning up and turning away from the dismantled chest.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Thibbledorf Pwent at yer service, me good lady!" the dwarf introduced himself grandly.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
A small, old creature like a man that lives underground and guards treasure
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small, very dense star that remains after a star uses its fuel and glows with leftover heat
- Specialized
A small, very dense, faint star left when a star like the Sun stops burning its fuel
A low evergreen plant with fine leaves and small pink or burgundy flowers used as ground cover
A small spreading shrub from the southeastern United States with bright pink flower clusters
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that makes small edible nuts
- Specialized
A small bushy tree that makes sweet edible nuts and often grows in dense groups
- Specialized
A small bushy oak tree that makes sweet small acorns and forms dense thickets
- Specialized
A low-growing plant with groups of leaves and bright red berries that grows in cold northern areas
- Specialized
A small plant with soft, hairy leaves and tiny yellow flowers that lives for one year
- Specialized
A small wild plant with yellow flowers that makes fluffy seed heads in spring
- UK
A small wild plant with strong-smelling white flowers and black berries used in medicine
- US
A low, spreading plant with thin needle leaves and pink or white flowers used to cover the ground
- Specialized
A small thin fish about 10 cm long that lives in shallow coastal waters
- Specialized
A small animal like a mouse with soft fur and pouches in its cheeks
- Specialized
A very small sperm whale that lives in warm and cool seas and grows to about 8 feet long
- Specialized
A low bush from eastern North America with divided leaves and clusters of red berries that attract birds
- Specialized
A very small willow plant that grows low on cold mountains and in Arctic places
- Specialized
A small Asian tree with many branches and small leaves that grows quickly and makes a good windbreak in gardens
A small decorative bush from China with many pink, red, or white flowers
- Specialized
A small evergreen shrub like the golden chinkapin that grows on mountain slopes in California
- Specialized
A small willow bush in the eastern United States with long narrow leaves that are gray and hairy underneath
- US
A small plant in the western United States that grows every year and has yellow daisy-like flowers on rocky slopes
A small low plant that grows in clumps and forms loose mats on the ground in eastern North America
A small bushy pine from central Europe with short bright green needles in pairs
- Specialized
A low plant with white flowers that lives for many years in the southeastern United States
A small shrub with low, spreading branches that grows in cold northern regions
- Specialized
A person with very short height caused by not enough growth hormone rather than by a bone growth condition
- Specialized
A person much shorter than usual because a small part of the brain makes too little growth hormone
- Specialized
A person much shorter than average because their bones do not grow fully but with normal mind and body shape
- Specialized
A small birch that grows as a low shrub in cold parts of North America and Greenland
- Archaic
A person much shorter than average from a gene change, with usual body shape, thinking, and sexual growth
- Specialized
A person who is much smaller than normal due to a rare genetic condition, with normal mental and sexual development
- Specialized
A virus that makes onion plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Specialized
A virus that makes onion plants grow poorly and their leaves turn yellow
- Specialized
A person who is much shorter than usual because their body makes too little growth hormone, with normal body proportions
- Specialized
A disease of potato plants that makes leaves yellow and plants small
- Specialized
A germ that makes potato plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Australian
A small evergreen shrub with short stiff branches that grows in Tasmania
- Archaic
A person who is very short because of a gene problem but with normal body shape and mind
- Specialized
A disease of potato plants that makes leaves turn yellow and plants grow poorly
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dwarf comes from an old German word for a small mythical being, like the Norse dvergr. Because these beings were often pictured as bearded people who lived underground and guarded treasure, dwarf still means that kind of small creature in stories.