Overview of noun dwelling

The noun dwelling has 1 sense

• dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house -- (housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless")

Overview of verb dwell

The verb dwell has 5 senses

• brood, dwell -- (think moodily or anxiously about something)


• dwell, consist, lie, lie in -- (originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country")


• 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")


• dwell, inhabit -- (exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind")


• harp, dwell -- (come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things")