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Definition of dwarf verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

dwarf

verb

NAmE//dwɔrf//

dwarf somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they dwarf

he / she / it dwarfs

past simple dwarfed

-ing form dwarfing

to make something seem small or unimportant compared with something else The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new apartment buildings.

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