Definition of elf

• n. - An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
• n. - A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
• v. t. - To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.
• pl. - of Elves