Betydelse av dwarf på svenska

• 0 in stories for children, a creature like a little man with magical powers:

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

• 1 very small:

  • You can grow dwarf conifers in pots on the patio.

• 2 If one thing dwarfs another, it makes it seem small by comparison:

  • The new skyscraper will dwarf all those near it.

  • This new crisis may well dwarf most that have gone before.

• 3 a person who is much smaller than the usual size, or (in stories for children) a creature like a little man, esp. one having magical powers

• 4 any of a group of stars that, compared to other stars, are not very large or bright, including the sun

• 5 to make something seem small by comparison:

  • This year’s budget dwarfs all previous ones.