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To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
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To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
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The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.
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To make appear insignificant.
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Bach dwarfs all other composers.
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To become (much) smaller.
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To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
His sweater, jeans, and trench coat were all of high quality with his heavy boots dwarfing her feet as hers did Toby's.
Partial starvation will sometimes effect this; hence the grafting of freegrowing fruit trees upon dwarfing stocks, as before alluded to, and also the " ringing " or girdling of fruit trees, i.e.
Apples, for the same reason, are " worked " on the " paradise " or "doucin " stocks, which from their influence on the scion are known as dwarfing stocks.
Instead of a closet, a large wardrobe stood at one end of the room, dwarfing a vanity desk with a large oval mirror.
See the picture below which clearly shows how the apple tree has been grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock.
Fruit trees are grown on rootstocks which affect the growth and fruiting potential of the tree, with dwarfing rootstocks recommended for smaller gardens.
Dwarfing any flower naturally tall and graceful is a doubtful practice.
The French Paradise is the best dwarfing stock for apples, and the quince for pears.
But summer pruning has been much extended since the introduction of restricted growth and the use of dwarfing stocks.
Do I need to prove we have an explosion of technological progress dwarfing the wildest dreams of any age?
This extra step will help to ensure that instead of dwarfing your figure, your robe is snug and fits comfortably.
Under the head of malformations we place cases of atrophy of parts or general dwarfing, due to starvation, the attacks of Fungi or minute insects, the presence of unsuitable food-materials and so on, as well as cases of transformation of stamens into petals, carpels into leaves, and so forth.
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