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- Dictionarydwell/dwɛl/
verb
- 1. live in or at a specified place: formal, literary "groups of people still dwell in these caves"
noun
- 1. a slight regular pause in the motion of a machine. technical
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to live in a place or in a particular way: She dwelt in South Africa for ten years. Phrasal verb. dwell on something. (Definition of dwell from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
: to remain for a time. dwell in the hallway. 2. a. : to live as a resident. the town in which he dwelled for eight years. the dwelling place of the gods. b. : exist, lie. where the heart of the matter dwells. 3. a. : to keep the attention directed used with on or upon. tried not to dwell on my fears. b.
To dwell in a home is to live in it. To dwell on something — usually something bad, like a failed romance or terrible service in a restaurant — is to think or speak about it at great length.
If you dwell on something, especially something unpleasant, you think, speak, or write about it a lot or for quite a long time. I'd rather not dwell on the past.
to live in a place or in a particular way: She dwelt in South Africa for ten years. Phrasal verb. dwell on something. (Definition of dwell from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside. 2. to exist or continue in a given condition or state. 3. (of a moving tool or machine part) to be motionless for a certain interval during operation. 4. dwell on or upon, to think, speak, or write about at length or with persistence; linger over.
Definition of dwell verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
