1. Housing that someone is living in
   "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "The neighbourhood was filled with modest dwelling houses";
   - home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house, domicil [rare]

1. Be an inhabitant of; spend most of one's life in
   "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean";
   - populate, live, inhabit
    
2. Exist or be situated within
   "Evil thoughts dwelt in his mind";
   - inhabit
    
3. Originate (in)
   "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country";
   - consist, lie, lie in
    
4. Think moodily or anxiously about something
   "He dwelt on past regrets";
   - brood, dwell on
    
5. (usually with on) repeatedly come back to a subject; persistently complain about
   "Don't dwell on the past";
   - harp

Derived forms: dwellings

See also: dwell on

Type of: be, care, exist, housing, ingeminate [archaic], iterate, living accommodations, lodging, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, worry

Encyclopedia: Dwelling