dwarfing

[dwawr-fing]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dwarfing¹

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

Example Sentences

Television rights have generated enormous broadcast revenues for English sides, with the income from that source dwarfing those of other countries.

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TV rights have generated enormous broadcast revenues for Premier League sides, with the income from that source dwarfing those of other countries.

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To keep it from dwarfing its 19th-century neighbors, he broke up its mass into separate blocky pavilions.

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Renewable energy is being built out at a furious pace there, dwarfing installation in rest of the world.

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An estimated 7 million people participated, dwarfing even the size of the first event in June, making it the largest single-day of protests in American history.

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