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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
/ »å·ÉÉ›±ô /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈ»å·É±ð±ô±ô±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- »å·É±ð±ô±ô·±ð°ù noun
- ´Ç³Ü³Ù·»å·É±ð±ô±ô verb (used with object) outdwelt or outdwelled outdwelling
- ±è°ù±ð·»å·É±ð±ô±ô verb (used without object)
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dwell1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dwell1
Example Sentences
He was considered one of the leading contenders for the 2024 National and was sent off at odds of 10-1 but dwelt at the start and unseated rider Brian Hayes at The Chair.
The prosecutor dwelled at excruciating length on Graham’s love letters to Prow.
It stalls out when it gets bogged down in backroom conversations that dwell in the details of betrayal and double-crosses.
Perhaps Johnson’s own decade-long struggle to make “The Actor,†only his second film, inspired him to dwell on the value Paul puts on being an artist.
“It’s really hard to build an impenetrable wall against our fears, but you don’t have to latch onto those fears and dwell on them either,†he added.
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