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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)