nnoun.persona person who is markedly smallSynset:midget nanus
Derivationally Related Form:dwarf
Hypernyms:small person
Inherited Hypernyms:dwarfsmall personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:dwarfsmall personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Levi-Lorrain dwarfhypophysial dwarfhypoplastic dwarfnormal dwarfpituitary dwarfprimordial dwarftrue dwarf
Full Hyponyms:pituitary dwarfprimordial dwarf
nnoun.persona legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasureSynset:gnome
Derivationally Related Form:gnomic
Hypernyms:faerie faery fairy fay sprite
Inherited Hypernyms:gnomefairyspiritual beingbeliefcontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:AndvariNibelung
Full Hyponyms:andvarinibelung
nnoun.Topsa plant or animal that is atypically smallHypernyms:being organism
Inherited Hypernyms:dwarforganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.stativemake appear small by comparisonSynset:overshadow shadow
Examples:- This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
Derivationally Related Form:dwarfshadow
Hypernyms:command dominate overlook overtop
Inherited Hypernyms:shadowdominateliebe
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.socialcheck the growth ofExamples:- the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines
Derivationally Related Form:dwarf
Hypernyms:stunt
Inherited Hypernyms:dwarfstuntimpedeprevent
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something