A short, stocky humanoid creature in Norse mythology as well as other Germanic mythologies, fairy tales, fantasy fiction and role-playing games. In many sources they are described to prefer living underground and/or in mountainous areas and are famed miners and smiths.
atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star"
a person who is abnormally small
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
cast a shadow
check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"
make appear small by comparison; "This year''s debt dwarves that of last year"
