1. Housing that someone is living in
   "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"
   - home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house

1. Think moodily or anxiously about something
   - brood 
2. Originate (in)
   "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
   - consist, lie, lie in 
3. Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
   "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"
   - populate, live, inhabit 
4. Exist or be situated within
   - inhabit 
5. Come back to
   "Don't dwell on the past"
   - harp

Derived forms: dwellings

See also: dwell on, dweller

Type of: be, care, exist, housing, ingeminate, iterate, living accommodations, lodging, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, worry

Encyclopedia: Dwell

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