Definitions for dwell
Overview of verb dwell
The verb dwell has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) brood, dwell
(think moodily or anxiously about something)
2. (3) dwell, consist, lie, lie in
(originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country")
3. (3) populate, dwell, live, inhabit
(inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "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"; "deer are populating the woods")
4. dwell, inhabit
(exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind")
5. harp, dwell
(come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things")






