Definition: dwarf

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

dwarf
     adj : atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star" [syn: dwarfish]
     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]
     v : cast a shadow [syn: shadow, overshadow]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.
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.
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: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary 

Dwarf
   a lean or emaciated person (Lev. 21:20).