Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dwarfed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Dwarfing}.]
   To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep
   small; to stunt. --Addison.

         Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . .
         would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a
         spiritual background.                    --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.

Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. i.
   To become small; to diminish in size.

         Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter
         it, our great conceptions dwarf.         --Beaconsfield.

Dwarf \Dwarf\, n.; pl. {Dwarfs}. [OE. dwergh, dwerf, dwarf, AS.
   dweorg, dweorh; akin to D. dwerg, MHG. twerc, G. zwerg, Icel.
   dvergr, Sw. & Dan. dverg; of unknown origin.]
   An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of
   its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.

   Note: During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared
         the favor of courts and the nobility.

   Note: Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much
         below the usual or normal size; as, dwarf tree; dwarf
         honeysuckle.

   {Dwarf elder} (Bot.), danewort.

   {Dwarf wall} (Arch.), a low wall, not as high as the story of
      a building, often used as a garden wall or fence. --Gwilt.

Source : WordNet®

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}]
     [also: {dwarves} (pl)]

dwarf
     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)]