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Noun: dwelling  dwe-ling
  1. Housing that someone is living in
    "he built a modest dwelling near the pond";
    - home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house
Verb: dwell (dwelt, also dwelled)  dwel
  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. Be an inhabitant of or reside in
    - populate, live, inhabit
  4. Exist or be situated within
    - inhabit
  5. (usually with on) repeatedly come back to a subject; persistently complain about
    "Don't dwell on the past";
    - harp

Derived forms: dwellings

See also: dwell on

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

Encyclopedia: Dwelling