Dwarf : (신회속의 마력을 지닌 존재로 묘사되는) 난쟁이, (모욕적)난쟁이, 왜소증환자, (정상 크기보다) 소형의, 소형, 왜소해 보이게 하다, 하찮아 보이게 만들다, 작아보이게 만들다
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1)
I am sure you all know about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
a race or people from folklore who have supernatural powers and they are normally short people with long beards and normally they have problems with the elves
they have dwarves in this wood
a dwarf, a magical creature
2)
in the past people, somebody who was suffering from dwarfism as a dwarf, but I strongly recommend not using this word
somebody who are a small person
somebody of short stature, short people
if you use a dwarf to describe sombody like this, then people are going to get upset
3)
you can also use this for animals or plants which are much smaller than the normal type
bonsai trees are dwarf trees, they are small in size
in astronomy, a white dwarf is a star that is relatively small
4)
to dwarf, to make something look much much smaller than it is
the enormous skyscraper next to my house, it dwarfs all of the other buildings. notice f with an s this time
to make something appear insignificant
the amount of money I earn is dwarfed by the income of my friend who is a multi-millionaire
the skills of Messi dwarf all other football players
to make something look small
to make something seem insignificant
to make something seem small by the comparison
the new crisis may dwarf all other previous crises
the sequoia dwarfed all of the other trees around it
my knowledge of English is dwarfed by your incredible knowledge and understanding
it is to small something appear smaller or also inferior
I felt dwarfed by the achievements of my predecessors
if one thing is dwarfed by another or one thing dwarfs another
one of thme is so much bigger that it makes the other things look very small
his figure was dwarfed beside the basketball player who was standing beside him
I was dwarfed by the basketball players present in the bar
Formality : 5 for snow white and the seven dwarves
Formality : 6 for as a verb, to dwarf
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