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dwell
[ dwel ]
verb (used without object)
- to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- to live or continue in a given condition or state:
to dwell in happiness.
- to linger over, emphasize, or ponder in thought, speech, or writing (often followed by on or upon ):
to dwell on a particular point in an argument.
- (of a moving tool or machine part) to be motionless for a certain interval during operation.
noun
- Machinery.
- a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle.
- a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
dwell
/ dwɛl /
verb
- formal.to live as a permanent resident
- to live (in a specified state)
to dwell in poverty
noun
- a regular pause in the operation of a machine
- a flat or constant-radius portion on a linear or rotary cam enabling the cam follower to remain static for a brief time
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Derived Forms
- ˈdweller, noun
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Other Words From
- dwell·er noun
- out·dwell verb (used with object) outdwelt or outdwelled outdwelling
- pre·dwell verb (used without object)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dwell1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dwell1
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Example Sentences
Grouping the data this way gives SEOs insights into data they wouldn’t see by only looking at broad metrics, such as pageviews or dwell time.
Visitors also use internal links to check out high-value pages, increasing site dwell time.
First, it takes 11 metrics that it deems qualify user attention across its ads, like dwell time, interaction and time in view.
These labels matter, but so does our over-zealous urge to dole them out and endlessly dwell on them.
It creates a cynicism in us that is not the most noble of things to dwell upon.
The portraits show the wide range of people that dwell within the culture.
Yet, the Texas senator did not explicitly dwell on this controversial moment.
To dwell on that for a moment is to get a sharp taste of the overarching issue that Liberty Ridge raises for us.
They that sit on mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that dwell in Sichem.
In order not to weary your Majesty, I shall not dwell longer upon this, or spend time setting forth our losses.
Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee.
An judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel.
The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me, make me room to dwell in.
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