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Words related to dwell

Related / Similar Words: brood, harp, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate, consist, lie, belong, lie in

Definition:

think moodily or anxiously about something;

come back to; "Don''t dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things";

make one''s home or live in; "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";

originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country";

See Also: dwell on, linger over, live in, sleep in, live out, sleep out

Hyponyms: neighbor, neighbour, rusticate, occupy, reside, lodge in, overpopulate, cohabit, shack up, lodge, camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent, board, room, inhere, pertain, appertain

Derivational Morphology: population, multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, citizenry, inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation, inhabitant, dweller, denizen, indweller, liver, resident, occupant, occupier, residency, residence, abidance, hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty, dwelling, home, domicile, abode, dwelling house, lie

Language Translations:
Dutch: rondhangen		Finnish: asua
French: résider		German: leben
Indonesian: tinggal		Italian: abitare
Japanese: 住む		Spanish: Habitar, morar
Swedish: bo		Yiddish: וווינען

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