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dwell  (dwl)

intr.v. dwelt (dwlt) or dwelled, dwell·ing, dwells

1. To live as a resident; reside.

2. To exist in a given place or state: dwell in joy.

3.

a. To fasten one's attention: kept dwelling on what went wrong. See Synonyms at brood.

b. To speak or write at length; expatiate: dwelt on the need to trim the budget.

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[Middle English dwellen, from Old English dwellan, to mislead, delay, dwell.]

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dweller n.

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dwell

Verb

[dwelling, dwelt] or dwelled Formal, literary to live as a permanent resident [Old English dwellan to seduce, get lost]

dweller n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	dwell - think moodily or anxiously about something brood worry, care - be concerned with; "I worry about my grades" dwell on, linger over - delay
	2.	dwell - originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" consist, lie in, lie exist, be - have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
	3.	dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" inhabit, live, populate tenant - occupy as a tenant neighbor, neighbour - live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house" lodge in, occupy, reside - live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack - make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" people - furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated" overpopulate - cause to have too great a population; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated" cohabit, live together, shack up - share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple lodge - be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent - live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" nest - inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" room, board - live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"
	4.	dwell - exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind" inhabit exist, be - have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
	5.	dwell - come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" harp ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"

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dwell

verb (Formal), (literary) live, stay, reside, rest, quarter, settle, lodge, abide, hang out (informal) sojourn, establish yourself

dwell on or upon something go on about, emphasize (informal) elaborate on, linger over, harp on about, be engrossed in, expatiate on, continue to think about, tarry over

Translations

dwell [dwɛl] [pt, pp dwelt] [dwɛlt] vi → morar

dwell on vt fus → explayarse en

dwell [dwelt , pt, pp ] [dwɛl, dwɛlt] vi → demeurer

dwell on vt fus → s'étendre sur

dwell [dwɛl] [dwelt , pt, pp ] vi → wohnen, leben

dwell on dwell vt fus → (in Gedanken) verweilen bei

dwell [pt dwelt, pp ] [dwɛl, dwɛlt] vi → dimorare

dwell on vt fus → indugiare su

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dwell

v dwell [dwel]

to live (in a place) She dwelt in the middle of a dark forest. verwyl يَسْكُن живея bydlet, přebývat bo wohnen κατοικώ habitar elunema زندگی کردن asua habiter לָגוּר ב- निवास करना stanovati, prebivati lakik menghuni eiga heima, dveljast abitare 住む 살다, 거주하다 gyventi dzīvot menghuni verblijven bo, oppholde seg mieszkać habitar a locui обитать žiť, bývať bivati živeti bo, leva, dväljas อาศัย yaşamak, oturmak 居住 жити, мешкати قیام کرنا cư ngụ 居住

n ˈdwelling

a house, flat etc. woning مَنْزِل، مَسْكِن жилище dům, byt, obydlí bolig die Wohnung κατοικία morada, vivienda elukoht خانه asunto habitation בָּיִת, דִּירָה आवास, वासगृह dom, prebivalište lakóhely tempat tinggal bústaður abitazione, dimora 住居 거주지, 집 būstas mājoklis kediaman verblijfplaats bolig, hus, leilighet mieszkanie habitação locuinţă жильё obydlie, bývanie bivališče prebivalište boning, bostad บ้าน; ที่พักอาศัย ev, mesken 住處 житло; будинок مکان nơi cư trú 住处

dwell on

to think or speak about something for a long time It isn't a good thing to dwell on your problems. stil te staan, uit te wei يُفَكِّر بِأِسْهاب размишлявам stále se obírat dvæle ved verweilen bei σκέφτομαι συνέχεια pensar demasiado en korrutama مطلبی را رها نکردن vatvoa revenir (sans cesse) sur לְהָרחִיב אֶת הַדִּיבּוּר पर विचार करना ostajati kod čega, zadržavati se (hosszasan) fejteget vmit v. időzik vminél selalu memikirkan hugsa mikið um; vera langorður um indugiare, soffermarsi su つくづく考える 너무 오래 생각하다[], 오래 끌다 sutelkti dėmesį į, apsistoti prie []kavēties (pie jautājuma, problēmas) hujah stilstaan bij dvele ved rozwodzić się nad czymś repisar a stărui asupra распространяться о stále sa zaoberať vztrajno se ukvarjati nadugačko raspravljati dröja (uppehålla sig) vid, älta พูดหรือเขียนยืดยาวเกี่ยวกับ uğraşmak, üzerinde durmak 詳細地講述 зупинятися (на чомусь) طول کلامی کرنا nói đi nói lại 详细地讲述