(intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside. / (transitive with on) To linger on a particular thought, idea, etc.; to remain fixated on something.

(transitive, slightly more formal) Alternative form of dwell on

Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted. / Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.

The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature). / The quality of being puny or inferior.

(mythology) 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.

(especially in botany) Miniature.

(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version). / (transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny. / (transitive) To make appear insignificant.

(astronomy) An icy planetoid: an astronomical object, such as Pluto, Sedna or (for some authors) Ceres that is large enough to be a world and contains more ice than a typical asteroid.

(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity. / (intransitive, figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink. / (transitive) To lessen; to bring low.

A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.