dwell

Pronunciation

• enPR: dwĕl, IPA ^(key): /dwel/
• SAMPA: /dwel/

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Verb

Plain form dwell

Third-person singular dwells

Past tense dwelled

Past participle dwelled

Present participle dwelling

Plain form dwell

Third-person singular dwells

Past tense dwelt

Past participle dwelt

Present participle dwelling

1. If a person dwells somewhere, they live there.

   I will dwell deep in the forest.

2. To dwell on/upon something means to keep thinking or talking about something, especially something bad or unpleasant.

   He dwelled on the problem for some time.

3. To dwell on/upon something means to think or talk a lot about something.

Related words

• dwelling
• dwell on
• dwell upon