dwarfing

American  

[dwawr-fing] / ˈdwɔr fɪŋ /

noun

Biology.

1. a process in which an animal breed or plant cultivar is intentionally induced, as by selective breeding and genetic engineering, to produce a breed or cultivar that is significantly smaller than the original: bulldogs and commercial fruit trees are examples of organisms that have been subjected to dwarfing.

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Etymology

Origin of dwarfing

First recorded in 1620–30; dwarf ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Last year, the port handled the equivalent of 8.9 million shipping containers, dwarfing the next biggest East Coast port at Savannah, Ga., which handled 5.7 million boxes.

From The Wall Street Journal

China has an abundance of them, dwarfing U.S. production rates.

From Barron's

It means investors are demanding such a high convenience yield to hold the physical commodity that it is dwarfing costs for storage and other inputs that are usually factored into futures prices.

From MarketWatch

Here the banners are rendered with the utmost economy, pared down to billowing blocks of color that seem to float above the road below, dwarfing the pointillist pedestrians who stroll beneath them.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now off to its strongest start to a year since 2021, the small-cap index has gained 7.9% this year, dwarfing the sub-2% gains seen in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.

From The Wall Street Journal