Word Meanings - SCRUBBED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
Related words: (words related to SCRUBBED)
- SCRUBBY
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." Duke of Argull. - DWARFLING
A diminutive dwarf. - DWARF
An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being. Note: During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared the favor of courts and the nobility. Note: Dwarf is used adjectively - STUNT
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant. When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or - STUNTED
Dwarfed. -- Stunt"ed*ness, n. - STUNTNESS
Stuntedness; brevity. Earle. - DWARFISH
Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub. -- Dwarf"ish*ly, adv. -- Dwarf"ish*ness, n. - DWARFY
Much undersized. Waterhouse. - BEDWARF
To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf. Donne.