dwarfing

Verb

dwarf (third-person singular simple present dwarfs, present participle dwarfing, simple past and past participle dwarfed)

1. (transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).

   Synonyms:

   miniaturize, shrink

2. (transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.
   • The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.
3. (transitive) To make appear insignificant.
   • Bach dwarfs all other composers.

   Synonyms:

   eclipse, overshadow, outshadow, outshine, outdo, put to shame, upstage, surpass, outmatch, outstrip

4. (intransitive) To become (much) smaller.

   Synonyms:

   shrink

5. To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
   • At present the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed and shrunk - into a race of beauties that seems almost another species1710 July 2 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “WEDNESDAY, June 22, 1710”, in The Spectator, number 98; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II...

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