Definition of dwarf

"dwarf" in the noun sense

1. dwarf, midget, nanus

a person who is markedly small

2. gnome, dwarf

a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

3. dwarf

a plant or animal that is atypically small

"dwarf" in the verb sense

1. shadow, overshadow, dwarf

make appear small by comparison

"This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"

2. dwarf

check the growth of

"the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"

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Quotations for dwarf

A dwarf threatens Hercules. [ Proverb ]

A giant will starve with what will surfeit a dwarf. [ Proverb ]

A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A stirring dwarf we do allowance give before a sleeping giant. [ William Shakespeare ]

A dwarf sees farther than the giant when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on. [ Coleridge ]

Thou dwarf dressed up in giant's clothes, that showest far off still greater than thou art. [ Suckling ]

We readily excuse paralytics from labor; and shall we be angry with a hypochondriac for not being cheerful in company? Must we stigmatize such an unfortunate person as peevish, positive, and unfit for society? His disorder may no more suffer him to be merry, than the gout will suffer another to dance. The advising a melancholic to be cheerful is like bidding a coward to be courageous, or a dwarf be taller. [ Wollaston ]

dwarf in Scrabble®

The word dwarf is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters dwarf:

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dwarf in Words With Friends™

The word dwarf is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters dwarf:

DWARF
(60)
DWARF
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Words within the letters of dwarf

2 letter words in dwarf (3 words)

3 letter words in dwarf (6 words)

4 letter words in dwarf (2 words)

5 letter words in dwarf (1 word)

dwarf + 1 blank (1 word)

dwarf + 2 blanks (6 words)

Words containing the sequence dwarf

Words with dwarf in them (5 words)

Words that end with dwarf (3 words)

Word Growth involving dwarf

Shorter words in dwarf

ar war

Longer words containing dwarf

bedwarf bedwarfed

bedwarf bedwarfing

bedwarf bedwarfs

dwarfed bedwarfed

dwarfer

dwarfest

dwarfing bedwarfing

dwarfish

dwarfism

dwarflike

dwarfs bedwarfs

dwarfs subdwarfs

subdwarf subdwarfs