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dwarves
     See {dwarf}

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)]