Dwell On

Definition: Dwell On

Dwell On

Verb

1. Delay.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Dwell On

Diffuseness

Maunder, prose; harp upon; (repeat); dwell on, insist upon.

Crosswords: Dwell On

It's just that living at Hinata Apartments lets me get away with not thinking about things that aren't too pleasant to dwell on. (Rabu Hina; writing credit: Kurou Hazuki)

It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; writing credit: Steven Kloves)

The lawyers dwell on small details (The End of the Innocence; performing artist: Don Henley)

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Men, at first, for the most part, contented themselves with what unassisted nature offered to their necessities: and though afterwards, in some parts of the world, (where the increase of people and stock, with the use of money, had made land scarce, and so of some value) the several communities settled the bounds of their distinct territories, and by laws within themselves regulated the properties of the private men of their society, and so, by compact and agreement, settled the property which labour and industry began; and the leagues that have been made between several states and kingdoms, either expresly or tacitly disowning all claim and right to the land in the others possession, have, by common consent, given up their pretences to their natural common right, which originally they had to those countries, and so have, by positive agreement, settled a property amongst themselves, in distinct parts and parcels of the earth; yet there are still great tracts of ground to be found, which (the inhabitants thereof not having joined with the rest of mankind, in the consent of the use of their common money) lie waste, and are more than the people who dwell on it do, or can make use of, and so still lie in common; tho' this can scarce happen amongst that part of mankind that have consented to the use of money. (Second Treatise of Government)

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And as to its recommendations to you, I fancy I need not take much pains to dwell on them.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "dwell on": To dwell on. Additional references.

Albanian

zgjatem (continue, extend, lengthen, linger, lunge, reach, run, stand out, stretch oneself), ndalem (break off, call on, drop in, drop off, halt, lay off, light, pause, pull up, put up, stand, stand still, stop). (various references)

Arabic 

‏أسهب (amplify, dilate, enlarge, expatiate, magnify). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спирам се (determine, draw bit, enlarge, jib, pull up, repose, rest, stand, stay, stop). (various references)

Chinese 

避重就輕 (avoid the important and dwell on the trivial, keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones). (various references)

Czech

zabývat se èím (be engaged in smth., busy oneself doing smth., deal with, go about), rozhovořit se o, obírat se èím. (various references)

French

s'étendre sur. (various references)

German

sich ausbreiten über. (various references)

Hungarian

fenntartani (dwell at), fejteget (reason, to discuss, to explicate, to reason, to unfold, unfold). (various references)

Pig Latin

elldway onay

Romanian

insista asupra (dwell upon, press, rub in, stress). (various references)

Russian 

подробно останавливаться (dwell, particularize). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zadržati se na. (various references)

Spanish

dar énfasis a, meditar (cogitate, contemplate, deliberate, digest, meditate, muse, perpend, ponder, reflect, think, think over, turn over), insistir en (enforce, labor, labour, press the point that, push, stress), hacer hincapié en (accentuate, plug, press), explicar largamente, explayarse en, alargar (accord, convey, draw out, drop, elongate, extend, give, hand, hand over, hold out, lengthen, let down, pass, protract, put forth, put out, reach, spend, spin out, strech out, throw out, touch). (various references)

Swedish

dröja vid, uppehålla sig vid. (various references)

Thai

พู�"หรือเขียนยื�"ยาวเกี่ยวกับ (dwell upon), กังวลหรือคิ�"มากเกี่ยวกับ (dwell upon). (various references)

Turkish

uzatarak söylemek, üzerinde durmak (accent, accentuate, discourse, elaborate, emphasize, give point to, harp on, harp upon, insist, lay stress on, lay stress upon, niggle, play to). (various references)

commorabitur, commorabuntur, commorantem, commorantes, commorantium, commorantur, commorari, commorata, commoratae, commorati, commoratique, commoratus, commoremur, commorer. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: dowel, dwell, endow, loden, lowed, olden, owned.

-3 letters: dell, dole, doll, done, down, enol, enow, lend, leno, lewd, lode, lone, lowe, lown, node, noel, owed, weld, well, wend, wold.

-4 letters: del, den, dew, doe, dol, don, dow, eld, ell, end, eon, led, low, new, nod, now, ode, old, ole, one, owe, owl, own.

+2 letters: dowelling, lowlander.

+3 letters: allowanced, downfallen, downhiller, lowlanders, snowballed, unhallowed.

+4 letters: downhillers, groundswell, stonewalled, wonderfully, worldliness.

+5 letters: disallowance, disbowelling, downloadable, groundswells.