dilute vs dwarf

An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. 

To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares. 

To become attenuated, thin, or weak. 

To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. 

To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. 

An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort. 

A star of relatively small size. 

Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves. 

A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition. 

To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny. 

To become (much) smaller. 

To make appear insignificant. 

To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt. 

To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).