The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dwarf \Dwarf\, n.; pl. Dwarfs. [OE. dwergh, dwerf, dwarf, AS.
   dweorg, dweorh; akin to D. dwerg, MHG. twerc, G. zwerg, Icel.
   dvergr, Sw. & Dan. dverg; of unknown origin.]
   1. An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size
      of its species or kind.
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   2. Especially: A diminutive human being, small in stature due
      to a pathological condition which causes a distortion of
      the proportions of body parts to each other, such as the
      limbs, torso, and head. A person of unusually small height
      who has normal body proportions is usually called a
      midget.
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   Note: During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared
         the favor of courts and the nobility.
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   3. (Folklore) A small, usually misshapen person, typically a
      man, who may have magical powers; mythical dwarves were
      often depicted as living underground in caves.
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   Note: Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much
         below the usual or normal size; as, a dwarf pear tree;
         dwarf honeysuckle.
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   Dwarf elder (Bot.), danewort.

   Dwarf wall (Arch.), a low wall, not as high as the story of
      a building, often used as a garden wall or fence. --Gwilt.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dwarfed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Dwarfing.]
   To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep
   small; to stunt. --Addison.
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         Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . .
         would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a
         spiritual background.                    --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. i.
   To become small; to diminish in size.
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         Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter
         it, our great conceptions dwarf.         --Beaconsfield.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dwarf
    n 1: a person who is markedly small [syn: dwarf, midget,
         nanus]
    2: a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the
       depths of the earth and guards buried treasure [syn: gnome,
       dwarf]
    3: a plant or animal that is atypically small
    v 1: make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs
         that of last year" [syn: shadow, overshadow, dwarf]
    2: check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these
       pines"