Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dwarf
IPA transcription: [dw'ɔɹf]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dwarf, midget, nanus
    Meaning: a person who is markedly small
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: shadow, overshadow, dwarf
    Meaning: make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
Usage examples
  • "No," said the dwarf, conclusively.
  • For I would wit it, said the dwarf.
  • And they called him a horrid dwarf!
  • One of these was Quilp, the ugly dwarf.
  • And with this answer the dwarf departed.
  • And this was the end of Quilp, the dwarf.
  • You ask the price of a dwarf wistaria growing in a pot.
  • I think you want to be the grand duke's dwarf, don't you?'
  • The goose thanked him with tears in her eyes, and the dwarf kept his word.
  • The poor dwarf hurried back to his room, and poured out his grief to the goose.