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1. Think moodily or anxiously about something
   - brood
    
2. Originate (in)
   "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country";
   - consist, lie, lie in
    
3. 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
    
4. Exist or be situated within
   - inhabit
    
5. (usually with on) repeatedly come back to a subject; persistently complain about
   "Don't dwell on the past";
   - harp

Derived forms: dwells, dwelled, dwelling, dwelt

See also: linger over, live out, sleep in

Type of: be, care, exist, ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, worry

Encyclopedia: Dwell