what does dwell mean?
DWELL as VERB
- Meaning
- think moodily or anxiously about something
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Hypernyms(s) dwell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
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- Don”t dwell on the past
- She is always harping on the same old things
Hypernyms(s) dwell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- make one’’s home or live in
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- 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
Hypernyms(s) dwell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
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- The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
Hypernyms(s) dwell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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