BEDWARF

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Contraction	Render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate; boil down; constrict, constringe; condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow; pinch, tighten, strangle; cramp; dwarf, bedwarf; shorten; circumscribe; restrain.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Derivations: BEDWARF

Anagrams: BEDWARF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-f-r-w"
	-1 letter: barfed.
	-2 letters: ardeb, barde, bared, beard, bread, debar, dewar, dwarf, fader, fared, wader, wafer, wared.
	-3 letters: abed, awed, bade, bard, bare, barf, bawd, bead, bear, brad, brae, braw, bred, brew, darb, dare, deaf, dear, drab, draw, drew, fade, fard, fare, fear, frae, read, wade, ward, ware, wear.
	-4 letters: arb, are, arf, awe, bad, bar, bed, bra, dab, daw, deb, dew, ear, era, fad, far, fed, fer, few, rad, raw, reb, red, ref, wab, wad, wae, war, web, wed.
	-5 letters: ab, ad, ae, ar, aw, ba, be, de, ed, ef, er, fa, re, we.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-f-r-w"
	+1 letter: bedwarfs.
	+2 letters: bedwarfed.
	+3 letters: bedwarfing.
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Alternative Orthography: BEDWARF

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

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Definition: BEDWARF

Derivations
	Words beginning with "BEDWARF": bedwarfed, bedwarfing, bedwarfs. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).