Dictionary entry details
• DWELL (verb)
Meaning:
Think moodily or anxiously about something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
brood; dwell
Hypernyms (to "dwell" is one way to...):
care; worry (be concerned with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
dwell on (delay)
Meaning:
Originate (in)
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
consist; lie in; belong; dwell; lie
Context example:
The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
Hypernyms (to "dwell" is one way to...):
be; exist (have an existence, be extant)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dwell"):
inhere (be inherent in something)
appertain; pertain (be a part or attribute of)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Inhabit or live in
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
live; inhabit; dwell
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "dwell" is one way to...):
be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dwell"):
neighbor; neighbour (live or be located as a neighbor)
board; room (live and take one's meals at or in)
bivouac; camp; camp out; encamp; tent (live in or as if in a tent)
lodge (be a lodger; stay temporarily)
cohabit; shack up (room or live together; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple)
people; populate (furnish with people)
domicile; domiciliate; reside; shack (make one's home in a particular place or community)
lodge in; occupy; reside (live (in a certain place))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Come back to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
harp; dwell
Context examples:
Don't dwell on the past / She is always harping on the same old things
Hypernyms (to "dwell" is one way to...):
ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
