dwarf

Noun

• a plant or animal that is atypically small

• a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

• a person who is markedly small

Verb

• check the growth of
  • the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines
    

• make appear small by comparison
  • This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gnome , midget , nanus , shadow , overshadow