Dwell

Definition: Dwell

Dwell

Verb

1. Think moodily or anxiously about something.

2. Originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country".

3. Make one's home or live in; "There are only 250,000 people 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".

4. Come back to; "Don't dwell on the past".

Date "dwell" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Dwell \Dwell\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Dwelled, usually contracted into Dwelt; Dwelling.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Bible	Dwell Tents were in primitive times the common dwellings of men. Houses were afterwards built, the walls of which were frequently of mud (Job 24:16; Matt. 6:19, 20) or of sun-dried bricks. God "dwells in light" (1 Tim. 6:16; 1 John 1:7), in heaven (Ps. 123:1), in his church (Ps. 9:11; 1 John 4:12). Christ dwelt on earth in the days of his humiliation (John 1:14). He now dwells in the hearts of his people (Eph. 3:17-19). The Holy Spirit dwells in believers (1 Cor. 3:16; 2 Tim. 1:14). We are exhorted to "let the word of God dwell in us richly" (Col. 3:16; Ps. 119:11). Dwell deep occurs only in Jer. 49:8, and refers to the custom of seeking refuge from impending danger, in retiring to the recesses of rocks and caverns, or to remote places in the desert. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Computing	A programmed time delay of variable duration. Source: European Union. (references)
	A time delay of established duration, not cyclic or sequential; it does not constitute an interlock or hold. Source: European Union. (references)
Electrical Engineering	The time allowed for current to build in the primary circuit of the ignition coil for each spark generation. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Dwell

Synonyms: belong (v), brood (v), consist (v), harp (v), inhabit (v), lie (v), lie in (v), live (v), people (v), populate (v), reside (v), shack (v), worry (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Diffuseness	Maunder, prose; harp upon; (repeat); dwell on, insist upon.
Memory	Have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts, bear in the thoughts, carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts, retain in the thoughts, have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in the memory, carry in the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the memory, have in the mind, hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in the mind, keep in the mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrance; be in one's thoughts, live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts, dwell in one's thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts, be in one's mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in one's mind, haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's memory.
Permanence	Verb: let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good.
Presence	People; inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch; take up one's abode; (be located); tenant.
Quiescence	Dwell; (be present); settle; (be located); alight; (arrive) stick, stick fast; stand like a post; not stir a peg, not stir a step; be at a stand; n. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.
Temple	Phrase: ne vile fano; "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple".
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	No, we mustn't dwell. It's Rex Manning Day (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen) 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)
Lyrics	The lawyers dwell on small details (The End of the Innocence; performing artist: Don Henley) Well, I found a new place to dwell ("Heartbreak Hotel"; performing artist: Elvis Presley) Alone In Her Apartment She'd Dwell, (Another Day; performing artist: Paul McCartney) Return to where you dwell (Free To Decide; performing artist: The Cranberries) Inside this cold and empty house I dwell (My World Is Empty Without You; performing artist: The Supremes)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A People That Shall Dwell Alone: Judaism As a Group Evolutionary Strategy, With Diaspora Peoples (reference) And I Shall Dwell Among Them (reference) Here All Dwell Free: Stories to Heal the Wounded Feminine (reference) Sacred Place to Dwell (reference) Taming the Restless Heart: How to Know God's Will and Dwell in the Peace It Brings (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Dwell (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	With Vilest of Worms to Dwell (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Colonial Empire - Introducing Malaya and Borneo--The Dayaks, a picturesque and virile race, dwell in the interior of Sarawak. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Bishop Steere	Do not think that what your thoughts dwell upon is of no matter. Your thoughts are making you.
Emily Dickinson	I dwell in Possibility.
Fuller	Dwell not too long upon sports: for as they refresh a man that is weary, so they weary a man that is refreshed.
G.b. Shaw	Man can climb to the highest summits but he cannot dwell there long.
Gotthold	A blush is a sign that nature hangs out, to show where chastity and honor dwell.
James Russell Lowell	The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
Jane Austen	Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
Ovid	Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
Petrarch	Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	Men who dwell without the forest need not henceforth come before our justiciaries of the forest upon a general summons, unless they are in plea, or sureties of one or more, who are attached for the forest. (reference)
John Locke	1690	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)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	Twice the United States has had to send several millions of its young men across the Atlantic to find the war; but now war can find any nation, wherever it may dwell between dusk and dawn. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	And as to its recommendations to you, I fancy I need not take much pains to dwell on them
Double Acrostic: Two little girls	Carroll, Lewis	TWO little girls near London dwell, More naughty than I like to tell
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Let us dwell, then, with nature
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	May Thy holy angels dwell herein to preserve us in peace and may Thy blessing be always upon us through Christ, Our Lord
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I have too great a veneration for crowned heads to dwell any longer on so nice a subject
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	It was not always dry land where we dwell.
Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	O, that deceit should dwell in such a gorgeous palace
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		With CAPD, the dialysis solution stays in your abdomen for a dwell time of 4 to 6 hours (or more). (references)
		In the 19th century, pain came to dwell under a new domain-science-paving the way for advances in pain therapy. (references)
		The adult filariae (sizes varying from 2 to 50 cm) dwell in various human tissues where they can live for several years. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermonger, as, lord 'Aberdasher, Lord Hartisan and so forth. The traveling Briton of lesser degree is addressed as "Sir," as, Sir 'Arry Donkiboi, or 'Amstead 'Eath. The word "Lord" is sometimes used, also, as a title of the Supreme Being; but this is thought to be rather flattery than true reverence. Miss Sallie Ann Splurge, of her own accord, Wedded a wandering English lord -- Wedded and took him to dwell with her "paw," A parent who throve by the practice of Draw. Lord Cadde I don't hesitate to declare Unworthy the father-in-legal care Of that elderly sport, notwithstanding the truth That Cadde had renounced all the follies of youth; For, sad to relate, he'd arrived at the stage Of existence that's marked by the vices of age. Among them, cupidity caused him to urge Repeated demands on the pocket of Splurge, Till, wrecked in his fortune, that gentleman saw Inadequate aid in the practice of Draw, And took, as a means of augmenting his pelf, To the business of being a lord himself. His neat-fitting garments he wilfully shed And sacked himself strangely in checks instead; Denuded his chin, but retained at each ear A whisker that looked like a blasted career. He painted his neck an incarnadine hue Each morning and varnished it all that he knew. The moony monocular set in his eye Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye. His head was enroofed with a billycock hat, And his low-necked shoes were aduncous and flat. In speech he eschewed his American ways, Denying his nose to the use of his A's And dulling their edge till the delicate sense Of a babe at their temper could take no offence. His H's -- 'twas most inexpressibly sweet, The patter they made as they fell at his feet! Re-outfitted thus, Mr. Splurge without fear Began as Lord Splurge his recouping career. Alas, the Divinity shaping his end Entertained other views and decided to send His lordship in horror, despair and dismay From the land of the nobleman's natural prey. For, smit with his Old World ways, Lady Cadde Fell -- suffering Caesar! -- in love with her dad! G.J.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	The answer cannot be to dwell on our differences, but to build on our shared values.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Dwell" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 84.42% of the time. "Dwell" is used about 321 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	84.42%	271	17,854
Lexical Verb (base form)	13.08%	42	52,864
Noun (singular)	1.25%	4	175,879
Noun (proper)	0.93%	3	202,518
Unclassified Items	0.31%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	321	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "dwell".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Philistines	N/A	Biblical	Those who dwell in villages
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "dwell": dwell at! ♦ dwell in ♦ dwell in a tent ♦ dwell in one's memory ♦ dwell in one's mind ♦ dwell in one's thoughts ♦ dwell on ♦ dwell on! ♦ dwell space ♦ dwell time ♦ dwell under the canopy ♦ dwell upon ♦ To dwell in ♦ To dwell on ♦ to dwell upon. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "dwell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		woon (abide, live). (various references)

Albanian		rroj (exist, hang out, live, outlast, overlive, subsist), jetoj (be alive, belong, exist, grow, inhabit, live, Lodge, reside, see the light, witness), banoj (abide, indwell, inhabit, live, Lodge, reside). (various references)

Arabic		‏يوجد (be, exist, occur, subsist, there are, work out), ‏كمن (ambuscade, ambush, lie in wait, position, reside, smolder, smoulder, waylay), ‏كان ب, ‏معن النظر في, ‏قطن (belong, cotton, dwelling, inhabit, lodge, nest, settle in), ‏وقع (be located, befall, come, come off, drop, fall, ground smb., happen, land, locate, place, position, rhythm, run, set one's hand to, sign, sign up, site, strike, subscribe, supervene, take place, tumble, underwrite), ‏سكن أقام (allay, inhabit, mollify, populate, quell, reside), ‏سكن (alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, cool, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lodging, lull, occupy, pacify, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quiet, quieten, remit, repose, residence, salve, set together, settle, solace, soothe, stay, still, supple, tenant), ‏أقام (banquet, build, erect, establish, home, institute, live, locate, lodge, occupy, perch, reinstate, reside, roost, sojourn, stay, tenant), ‏أسهب في التفكير. (various references)

Basque		bizi izan (dwell in to, inhabit to, live to). (various references)

Bulgarian		спиране (arrest, blocking, braking, catch, cease, cessation, discontinuance, halt, hold up, holdback, interruption, letup, prevention, retention, snub, stand, standstill, stay, stop, stopping, tie up), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), обитавам (bide, haunt, indwell, inhabit, occupy, people), живея (be, bide, breathe, burrow, dig, home, house, indwell, inhabit, live, range, reside, room, seat, subsist, walk), постоянно мисля за. (various references)

Chinese		居住 (Dwelled, Dwelt, inhabit, inhabited, Inhabiting, Lived, living, Occupancy, reside, Resided, residency, Residing). (various references)

Czech		přebývat (indwell, reside, stay), bydlet (live). (various references)

Danish		bo (abide, be a guest of, be on a visit, live, stay, stay with, stop). (various references)

Dutch		resideren (abide, live), huizen (abide, live). (various references)

Esperanto		loĝi (live). (various references)

Faeroese		gista (abide, live), búgva (abide, live). (various references)

Farsi		ساکن بودن , اقامت گزیدن . (various references)

Finnish		viive (break in the work, dead time, delay, delay time, down time, lag, lay time, smearing, time of travel, time stood-off, transmission delay, waiting time), ohjelmoitu viive, asustaa (reside, stay), asua (abide, inhabit, live, occupy, reside, stay). (various references)

French		demeurer, loger, habiter. (various references)

German		wohnen (abide, dwelt, habitation, hang out, keep, live, put up, reside, stay), Verweilzeit (chemical lifetime, chemical residence time, dwell time, holdup, holdup time, lifetime, residence time). (various references)

Greek		κατοικώ (abide, inhabit, live, occupy, populate, reside, room). (various references)

Hebrew		לשכן (house), לשכון (abide, inhabit, reside), לשבת (inhabit, settle, sit), ל�"ת�'ורר (reside), ל�"ור (inhabit, live in, sojourn), ל�'ור (inhabit, live, reside, sojourn), ל� וות (rest). (various references)

Hungarian		nyomás ideje, nyitási idő, kocsivesztegetés, üzemszünet (dead interval, inaction, offset, outage, shutdown), átmeneti nyugalmi helyzet. (various references)

Icelandic		búa (abide, live). (various references)

Indonesian		duduk (live, recide, sit, situation, state), merenungkan (cogitate, meditate upon, muse over), mendiami (inhabit, keep silent toward, populate), bertempat tinggal (reside). (various references)

Italian		dimorare (abide, live, reside), abitare (abide, inhabit, live, live in, reside, room), stare (abide, be, be up, do, exist, go, lie, life, lifetime, live, remain, rest, sit, stand, stay, stay over). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ドイツ連邦共�'�国 (a do-it-yourself store, cancel at the last minute, Debussy, dock, docking, doctor, doctor course, doctrine, document, documental, documentary, documentary drama, documentation, dodecaphony, dodge ball, doeskin, dog racing, dogfight, doggie bag, dogma, dogmatic, dogmatism, dogmatist, doily, do-it-yourself, dominant, domino, donor, doom, doo-wop, dot, dot map, dot matrix, dot printer, dwelling, Federal Republic of Germany, referee's stop, thud, to be noisy, to make noise, yakuza sword). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ドエル . (various references)

Korean		망설임 (hesitating, hover). (various references)

Manx		tannaghtyn (abide, abiding, bide, endure, hold up, lodge, remain, run on; continuance; remanent, stay, stop, survive, tarry), baghey (inhabit, live). (various references)

Norwegian		bo (abide, estate, live). (various references)

Occitan		abitar (dwell in, inhabit). (various references)

Papiamen		biba (abide, be alive, live). (various references)

Pig Latin		elldway.(various references)

Polish		mieszkać (abide, live). (various references)

Portuguese		morar (abide, bide, house, indwell, inhabit, live, occupy, reside, room), habitar (abide, habit, indwell, inhabit, live, occupy, reside, room), residir (abide, bide, chamber, indwell, inhabit, occupy, reside, to reside). (various references)

Romanian		locui (abide, habit, keep, lie, live, reside, stay, tenant). (various references)

Russian		жить (be alive, bide, breathe, draw breath, exist, get along, house, inhabit, live, lives, reside). (various references)

Scottish		tuinich (frequent, resort to), � itich. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zadržati (delay, detain, hold back, hold down, impeach, keep, keep back, reserve, restrain, retain, stem, stop, withhold), stanovati (inhabit, live, live in, lodge, reside, room). (various references)

Spanish		morar (abide, live, sojourn), habitar (abide, inhabit, line, live, live in, occupy). (various references)

Sranan		libi (abide, be alive, live). (various references)

Swedish		bo (abide, den, dig, dwel, estate, furniture, house, indwell, inhabitant, lair, live, Lodge, nest, nidus, reside, room, stay), vistas (abide, house, live, reside, resides, sojourn, stay). (various references)

Thai		อาศัย (live, ride), คำนึงถึง. (various references)

Turkish		yaşamak (affect, exist, experience, inhabit, live, subsist, taste), hayat sürmek (lead a life). (various references)

Ukrainian		витримка (forbearance, poise, self possession), міркувати (brood over, cogitate, contemplate, deliberate, descant, excogitate, meditate, peruse, pore, ratiocinate, reason, speculate), мешкати (hang out, inhabit, live), пригадувати (bring to mind, call to mind). (various references)

Welsh		trigo (abide, die, stay), trigiannu (reside), preswylio (inhabit, reside), cyfanheddu (inhabit). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	cohabitantes, conversamini, conversantibus, conversantur, conversari, conversati, conversatur, conversatus, conversentur, habita, habitabamus, habitabant, habitabantur, habitabat, habitabatis, habitabatque, habitabatur, habitaberis, habitabimus, habitabis, habitabisque, habitabit, habitabitis, habitabitur, habitabo, habitabunt, habitabuntur, habitamus, habitandam, habitandi, habitando, habitandum, habitans, habitant, habitantem, habitantes, habitantesque, habitanti, habitantibus, habitantium, habitantur, habitare, habitarent, habitaret, habitaretis, habitaretque, habitaretur, habitari, habitas, habitasses, habitasti, habitastis, habitat, habitate, habitatis, habitator, habitatorum, habitatricem, habitatrix, habitatur, habitaturi, habitaturus, habitaverim, habitaverimus, habitaverint, habitaveris, habitaverisque, habitaverit, habitavero, habitaverunt, habitaveruntque, habitavi, habitavimus, habitavit, habitavitque, habitem, habitent, habiteris, habites, habitet, habitetis, habitetur, habito, incola, incolas, incolatu, incolatus, incolet, versabantur, versabatur, versandos, versantur, versari, versaris, versati, versatur, versatus. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	buan. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 2, Verse 21
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Crhstoi esontai oikhtoreV ghV akakoi de upoleifqhsontai en auth oti euqeiV kataskhnwsousi ghn kai osioi upoleifqhsontai en auth
Latin	405	Vulgate	Qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra et simplices permanebunt in ea
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Who forsothe ben riyte, shul dwelle in the erthe; and the symple shul parfitli wone in it.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 2, Verse 21
Cebuano	Kay ang mga matul-id magapuyo sa yuta, Ug ang hingpit magapabilin diha niana.
Chinese	正直人必在世上居住．完全人必在地上存留。
Croatian	Jer samo æe pravedni nastavati zemlju i bezazleni æe ostati na njoj.
Danish	thi retsindige skal bo i Landet, lydefri levnes deri,
Dutch	Want de vromen zullen de aarde bewonen, en de oprechten zullen daarin overblijven;
Finnish	Sillä oikeamieliset saavat asua maassa, ja nuhteettomat jäävät siihen jäljelle;
French	Car les hommes droits habiteront le pays, Les hommes intègres y resteront;
German	Denn die Gerechten werden im Lande wohnen, und die Frommen werden darin bleiben;
Haitian Creole	Paske se moun k'ap mache dwat yo ki pral rete nan peyi a. Se moun serye yo ki pral la.
Hungarian	Mert az igazak lakják a földet, és a tökéletesek maradnak meg rajta.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Sebab, orang yang hidup menurut kemauan Allah, yaitu orang yang tulus hatinya, merekalah yang akan tinggal di negeri yang dijanjikan oleh TUHAN.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Karena orang-orang saleh akan mendiami bumi dan orang yang tulus hatinya itu akan tinggal tetap padanya;
Italian	perché gli uomini retti abiteranno nel paese e gli integri vi resteranno,
Korean	대 � � � � 직 한 자 �" 땅 에 거 하 며 완 � � 한 자 �" 땅 에 남 아 있 으 리 라
Maori	Ka noho hoki te hunga tika ki te whenua; ka mau te hunga ngakau tapatahi ki reira.
Norwegian	for de opriktige skal bo i landet, og de ustraffelige skal bli tilbake i det,
Portuguese	Porque os retos habitarão a terra, e os íntegros permanecerão nela.
Rumanian	Cqci oamenii fqrq prihanq vor locui yara, wi oamenii nekntinayi vor rqmknea kn ea;
Russian	� ПФПНХ ЮФП � ТБЧЕ�"ОЩЕ �'Х�"ХФ ЦЙФШ ОБ ЪЕНМЕ, Й ОЕ� ПТПЮОЩЕ � ТЕ�'Х�"ХФ ОБ ОЕК;
Spanish	Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los íntegros permanecerán en ella.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dwell": dwelled, dweller, dwellers, dwelling, dwellings, dwells. (additional references)
	Words ending with "dwell": indwell, speedwell. (additional references)
	Words containing "dwell": indweller, indwellers, indwelling, indwells, speedwells. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dwell" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dawel, ddel, delcl, Dewell, dewl, drell, duell, dwel, dwelf, dwelle, dwelli, dwelll, dwellt, dwile, dwwell, dwyle, Dyell, Edwell, Edzell, kwell, qwell, rwell. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "dwell" (pronounced dwe"l)
3	-w e" l	farewell, swell, quell, well.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-l-l-w"
	-1 letter: dell, lewd, weld, well.
	-2 letters: del, dew, eld, ell, led, wed.
	-3 letters: de, ed, el, we.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-l-l-w"
	+1 letter: dwells, lewdly, walled, welled, willed.
	+2 letters: allowed, dewfall, dwelled, dweller, indwell, swelled, swilled, twilled, willied, woolled.
	+3 letters: bellowed, billowed, bowelled, bullweed, dewfalls, dowelled, dwellers, dwelling, fallowed, fellowed, followed, hallowed, hollowed, indwells, inwalled, jewelled, mellowed, pillowed, rowelled, sallowed, sidewall, tallowed, towelled, unwalled, unwilled, upwelled, walleyed, walloped, wallowed, weldable, weldless, welladay, welldoer, wellhead, wildlife, willowed, yellowed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
dwell magazine	153	dwell linen	3
dwell	86	dwell setting	3
dwell meter	17	345 angle dwell international	2
dwell home	8	dwell ignition	2
dwell bedding	7	as dwell light move sense so	2
dwell time	5	dwell record	2
i dwell in possibility	5	dwell house	2
dwell mag	4	dwell house in	2
dwell meter tach	4	dwell point	2
dwell in lord shelter who	4	concretenetwork.com dwell	2
angle dwell	4	dwell tachometer	2
dwell tach	4	dwell earth people that	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Dwell

Definition: Dwell

Dwell

Verb

Specialty Definition: Dwell

Synonyms: Dwell

Synonyms within Context: Dwell

Diffuseness

Memory

Permanence

Presence

Quiescence

Temple

Crosswords: Dwell

Modern Usage: Dwell

Screenplays

Lyrics

Commercial Usage: Dwell

Books

Periodicals

Music

Photo Album: Dwell

Familiar Quotations: Dwell

Bishop Steere

Emily Dickinson

Fuller

G.b. Shaw

Gotthold

James Russell Lowell

Jane Austen

Ovid

Petrarch

Historic Usage: Dwell

Magna Carta

John Locke

Winston S. Churchill

Use in Literature: Dwell

Emma

Austen, Jane

Double Acrostic: Two little girls

Carroll, Lewis

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

Non-Fiction Usage: Dwell

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Dwell

Bill Clinton

Usage Frequency: Dwell

Derived & Related Names: Dwell

Expressions: Dwell

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dwell

Modern Translation: Dwell

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