dwarf
n 1: a person who is abnormally small [syn: midget, nanus]
2: a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the
depths of the earth and guards buried treasure [syn: gnome]
v 1: make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves
that of last year" [syn: shadow, overshadow]
2: check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these
pines"
[also: dwarves (pl)]