big vs dwarf

big

noun
  • One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley. 

  • The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role. 

  • An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name. 

  • A initiated member of a sorority who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little). 

  • The big leagues, big time. 

adv
  • In a large amount or to a large extent. 

  • On a large scale, expansively. 

  • You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing. 

  • In a boasting manner. 

  • Hard. 

  • In a loud manner. 

adj
  • Important or significant. 

  • Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. 

  • Popular. 

  • Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce. 

  • Enthusiastic (about). 

  • Fat. 

  • Adult; (of a child) older. 

  • Populous. 

  • Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns 

  • Of great size, large. 

  • Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence. 

  • Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man. 

  • Old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely. 

dwarf

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • 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). 

adj
  • Miniature. 

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