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Meaning of dwell


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dwell
      v 1: think moodily or anxiously about something [syn: {brood},
           {dwell}]
      2: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices
         in this country" [syn: {dwell}, {consist}, {lie}, {lie in}]
      3: 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" [syn: {populate}, {dwell}, {live}, {inhabit}]
      4: exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her
         mind" [syn: {dwell}, {inhabit}]
      5: come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always
         harping on the same old things" [syn: {harp}, {dwell}]


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