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ENGLISH: dwarf - CREOLE: tinen

Overview of noun dwarf

The noun dwarf has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (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)

Overview of verb dwarf

The verb dwarf has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (3) shadow, overshadow, dwarf -- (make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves that of last year")

2. dwarf -- (check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines")