Crossword clues for dwarfing
dwarfing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dwarfed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dwarfing.]
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep
small; to stunt.
--Addison.
Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . .
would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a
spiritual background.
--J. C.
Shairp.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of dwarf English)
Wikipedia
Dwarfing is a process in which a breed or cultivar of plants and animals is changed to become significantly smaller than standard members of their species. The effect can be induced through human intervention or non-human processes, and can include genetic, nutritional or hormonal means. Used most specifically, dwarfing includes pathogenic changes in the structure of an organism (for example, the bulldog, a genetically achondroplastic dog breed), in contrast to non-pathogenic proportional reduction in stature (such as the whippet, a small greyhound dog breed).
Usage examples of "dwarfing".
The westernmost tower of the station was the militia’s Spike, that loomed over the other turrets, dwarfing them, tugged in seven directions by taut skyrails.
Receding behind it, the leviathan ivory bloom of the Ribs defined the skyline, dwarfing the raised railways.
The clenching Ribs are only a mile away, dwarfing the railways and the stubby houses.
Olympus, after the home of the Greek gods—is more than 25 kilometers (roughly 15 miles) high, dwarfing not only the largest volcano on Earth but also the largest mountain of any sort, Mt.
Waterfalls dwarfing any on Earth today cascaded into the lakes of ancient Mars.
It was huge, startling, already dwarfing the points of light that populated the universe.
The bubble was now sixteen light-minutes across, two hundred million miles wide, dwarfing the sun.
At the very head of the column rode Wan Atenn, proud and fierce and dwarfing the man, who was no warrior, riding beside him.
In all these things I am reminded of the sheer power of the world around us, dwarfing us in our hopes and dreams.
Through the rubbery grayness of the Spline's cornea salmon-pink light swept into the eyeball like a false dawn, dwarfing the yellow glow of Jasoft's light globe, and causing his slender, suspended form to cast a blurred shadow on the purple-veined retina behind him.
We're also continuing our research into dwarfing plants for indoor propagation.
The westernmost tower of the station was the militia’s Spike, that loomed over the other turrets, dwarfing them, tugged in seven directions by taut skyrails.
Receding behind it, the leviathan ivory bloom of the Ribs defined the skyline, dwarfing the raised railways.
The man was about six feet four, dwarfing her by nearly a foot, but he was so slim he looked as if he might snap in half at the waist any moment.
A long low wail of flute piped up from behind, gusting through everything, the only constant, dwarfing the effect of the other sounds, intimidating, humbling.