Analysis Complete

dwell

/ dwell /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
make one''s home or live in
"She resides officially in Iceland"
"I live in a 200-year old house"
"These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"
"The plains are sparsely populated"
Type of:
be
Kinds of:
neighbor neighbour rusticate occupy reside
Derived:
population multitude masses mass hoi polloi
See also:
live in sleep in live out sleep out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
originate (in)
"The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
Type of:
exist be
Kinds of:
inhere pertain appertain
Derived:
lie
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 3
think moodily or anxiously about something
Type of:
worry care
See also:
dwell on linger over
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 4
come back to
"Don''t dwell on the past"
"She is always harping on the same old things"
Type of:
repeat reiterate ingeminate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
41%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
28
Times Searched
3
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be neighbor neighbour rusticate occupy reside exist inhere pertain appertain worry care