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# dwell

«dwell» in Mova's school dictionary: **To live somewhere: Bears dwell in the forest** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (dwell, dwells, dwelt or dwelled, dwelling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal or old-fashioned) To live somewhere: Bears dwell in the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwell/#m1)

2) dwell on / upon = keep thinking or talking about something, usually something sad or bad: Don't dwell on your mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwell/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and science books animals «dwell» in places (cave-dwelling bats, city dwellers); in everyday advice «don't dwell on it» means stop worrying about something that has happened. Phrases: «dwell on», «city dwellers», «cave-dwelling».

### examples

- Long ago, people dwelt in caves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwell/#x1)
- Owls dwell in hollow trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwell/#x2)
- Don't dwell on the test you failed; get ready for the next one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwell/#x3)
- She dwelt on the sad news all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwell/#x4)
- Most city dwellers live in flats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwell/#x5)
- Strange fish dwell deep in the ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwell/#x6)
- Only wives and maidens dwell there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwell/#x7)

### note

Past: dwelt (UK, more common) or dwelled (US). Noun: dwelling = a house or home (formal); dweller = a person or animal that lives somewhere. In everyday speech say «live», not «dwell».

### In the corpora

- [«it is quite against animal-etiquette to dwell on possible trouble ahead» — etiquette = the rules of polite behaviour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood/28/)
- [And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.105/)
- [And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.109/)
- [God enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.244/)
- [And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.341/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dwell» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwell/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.