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dwelling

[dwel-ing]

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noun

a building or place of shelter to live in; place of residence; abode; home.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see dwell, -ing¹

Related forms

mul·ti·dwell·ing, noun, adjective

Synonyms
See house.

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Example Sentences

The dwelling purchases were made chiefly by buyers who signified their intention to occupy.

They are eager to see the back of him, without dwelling too much on what might happen in a post-Arafat era.

The best defense against such attacks was an impregnable cliff dwelling.

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The dwelling purchases were made chiefly by buyers who signified their intention to occupy.

They are eager to see the back of him, without dwelling too much on what might happen in a post-Arafat era.

The best defense against such attacks was an impregnable cliff dwelling.

Sounds good so far, but the key point is whether or not river dwelling fish can co-exist with the installation.

Today the five-bedroom dwelling is open to the public, for a minimum of two nights.

Both sides believe themselves to be aggrieved, and dwelling on it will only allow the corrosion to continue.

Such our options produce artificial enough gas for the complete providing of dwelling a heat and electricity.

Tour the lighthouse, fog-signal building and the restored keeper's dwelling.

Bampbs, in the story dwelling in my brain, that caution is a source of structural unemployment.

These forecasters predicted that dwelling on how their relationship might not have been would dampen their spirits.

So rather than dwelling on her lack of political experience, she stresses how she will apply her nous to running the country.

Something of this size, he reckons, would destroy two rooms in a suburban dwelling.

It makes up a huge portion of the urban dwelling population.

When the bubble finally pops, dwelling values drop precipitously and the property market implodes.

Food provision is the object for which birds periodically change their dwelling places.

It forced me to stop dwelling on rejections and focus on resilience.

The discovery of cremated remains in a fire pit in an ancient dwelling gives insight into the burial practices of ice-age people.

There is nothing inherently feminine in dwelling on something unproductively.

Dwelling and publication of issues can sometimes also sore them.

The piano is so universally popular at the present day that no dwelling is considered completely furnished without one.

More wine and music and start dwelling on the positives.

There is no way of changing that and dwelling on it won't change anything either.

She plays a frail, neurasthenic, terrified creature who moves into a dark and spooky dwelling.

Make a choice and don't waste time or energy dwelling on possibilities that may never develop.

It could have been she took the sample close to the century old dwelling where lead paint could have contaminated the soil.

Dwelling on the past accomplished nothing and can wake up old demons.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

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.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English dwellen to lead astray, stun, abide, Old English dwellan to lead or go astray, hinder; cognate with Old Norse dvelja

Related forms

dwell·er, noun

out·dwell, verb (used with object), -dwelt or -dwelled, -dwell·ing.

pre·dwell, verb (used without object)

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World English Dictionary

dwelling (ˈdwɛlɪŋ)

—n
	formal, literary a place of residence

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Word Origin & History

dwell

O.E. dwellan "to mislead, deceive," originally "to make a fool of, lead astray," from P.Gmc. *dwaljanan (cf. O.N. dvöl "delay," dvali "sleep;" M.Du. dwellen "to stun, make giddy, perplex;" Dan. dvale "trance, stupor," dvaelbær "narcotic berry," source of M.E. dwale "nightshade"), from PIE

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*dhwel-. Related to O.E. gedweola "error, heresy, madness." Sense shifted in M.E. through "hinder, delay," to "linger" (c.1200, as still in phrase to dwell upon), to "make a home" (mid-13c.). Related: Dwelled; dweller; dwells.

dwelling

"place of residence," mid-14c., from dwell.

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