Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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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.