Dwarf
 

dwarf
noun1.a person who is markedly small2.a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure[syn: gnome]3.a plant or animal that is atypically small
verb1.make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"[syn: shadow]2.check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"