| VERB | cognition | dwell, brood | think moodily or anxiously about something |
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| stative | dwell, consist, lie, lie in | originate (in) | |
| stative | dwell, populate, live, inhabit | inhabit or live in | |
| stative | dwell, inhabit | exist or be situated within | |
| communication | dwell, harp | come back to |
| Sounds | dweh'l | |
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| Rhymes | Aix-la-Chapelle ... zinfandel / Zinfandel: 95 rhymes with ehl... | |
| Meaning | Think moodily or anxiously about something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | brood | |
| Broader | worry, care | Be concerned with |
| See also | dwell on | delay |
| Spanish | apurarse, asurarse, inquietarse | |
| Catalan | afligir-se, amoïnar-se, apurar-se, inquietar-se, sortir de polleguera | |
| Meaning | originate (in). | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" | |
| Synonyms | consist, lie, lie in | |
| Broader | exist, be | Have an existence, be extant |
| Spanish | consistir, habitar, morar, residir, yacer | |
| Catalan | habitar, residir | |
| Meaning | Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean" | |
| Synonyms | populate, live, inhabit | |
| Narrower | board, room | Live and take one's meals at or in |
| camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent | Live in or as if in a tent | |
| cohabit, live together, shack up | Share living quarters | |
| lodge | Be a lodger | |
| neighbor, neighbour | Live or be located as a neighbor | |
| nest | Inhabit a nest, usually after building | |
| occupy, reside, lodge in | Live (in a certain place) | |
| overpopulate | Cause to have too great a population | |
| people | Furnish with people | |
| reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate | make one's home / home in a particular place or community | |
| tenant | Occupy as a tenant / tenant | |
| Broader | be | Occupy a certain position or area |
| Spanish | habitar, morar, ocupar, poblar, residir, vivir | |
| Catalan | habitar, morar, ocupar, poblar, residir, viure | |
| Nouns | dweller | a person who inhabits a particular place |
| dwelling | housing that someone is living in | |
| Meaning | Exist or be situated within. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | inhabit | |
| Broader | exist, be | Have an existence, be extant |
| Spanish | habitar | |
| Meaning | come back to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Don't dwell on the past" | |
| Synonym | harp | |
| Broader | repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell | To say, state, or perform again |
| Spanish | seguir en | |
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