catflap.org Online Dictionary Query |
39 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Dwell \Dwell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwelled, usually contracted
into Dwelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dwelling.] [OE. dwellen,
dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder,
delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry,
Sw. dv["a]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[ae]le to linger, and to E.
dull. See Dull, and cf. Dwale.]
1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
2. To abide; to remain; to continue.
[1913 Webster]
I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.
--Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live
in a place; to reside.
[1913 Webster]
The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have
possessions. --Peacham.
[1913 Webster]
The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the
hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J.
Smith.
[1913 Webster]
To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on.
``My hopes in heaven to dwell.'' --Shak.
To dwell on or To dwell upon, to continue long on or in;
to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as,
to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note.
[1913 Webster]
They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and
language, fixed in amazement. --Buckminster.
Syn: To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue;
stay; rest.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Dwelling \Dwell"ing\, n.
Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode;
domicile.
[1913 Webster]
Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. --Jer. xlix.
33.
[1913 Webster]
God will deign
To visit oft the dwellings of just men. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a
residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other
building.
Dwelling place, place of residence.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Dwelling \Dwell"ing\, n.
Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode;
domicile.
Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. --Jer. xlix.
33.
God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men.
--Milton.
Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. --Tennyson.
Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a
residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other
building.
Dwelling place, place of residence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Dwell \Dwell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwelled, usually contracted
into Dwelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dwelling.] [OE. dwellen,
dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder,
delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry,
Sw. dv["a]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[ae]le to linger, and to E.
dull. See Dull, and cf. Dwale.]
1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.]
2. To abide; to remain; to continue.
I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. --Shak.
Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.
--Wordsworth.
3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live
in a place; to reside.
The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have
possessions. --Peacham.
The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the
hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J.
Smith.
To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on.
``My hopes in heaven to dwell.'' --Shak.
To dwell on or upon, to continue long on or in; to remain
absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell
upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note.
They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and
language, fixed in amazement. --Buckminster.
Syn: To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue;
stay; rest.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
dwelling
n : housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide
homes for the homeless" [syn: home, domicile, abode,
habitation, dwelling house]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dwelling
Αγγλικά n.
κατοικία, οίκημα
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dwelling
n.
A house#Noun or place#Noun in which a person live#Verb; a habitation,
a home#Noun.
vb.
(present participle of en dwell nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
dwelling
n.
A house#Noun or place#Noun in which a person live#Verb; a habitation,
a home#Noun.
vb.
(present participle of en dwell nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
dwelling
n.
A house#Noun or place#Noun in which a person live#Verb; a habitation,
a home#Noun.
vb.
(present participle of en dwell nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
dwelling
n.
A house#Noun or place#Noun in which a person live#Verb; a habitation,
a home#Noun.
vb.
(present participle of en dwell nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dwelling
Englanti n.
asumus
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm d well ing)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dwelling
Engelska a.
(avledning en dwell ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb dwell)
From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
woning
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
المسكن
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
dwelling //ˈdwɛl.ɪŋ//
жи́лище
house or place in which a person lives
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
obydlí
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
příbytek
From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
preswyl
From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
annedd
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
Wohnbau
Synonym: residential building
see: residential buildings, dwellings
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
lebend
see: dwell, dwelt
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
dwelling //ˈdwɛl.ɪŋ//
asumus, asunto
house or place in which a person lives
From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]
dwelling /dweliŋ/
demeure, domicile, gîte, habitation, logement, logis
From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 : [ freedict:eng-gle ]
dwelling /dweliŋ/
cónaí
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
kuća, prebivalište, stan
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
1. tartózkodás
2. lakóhely
3. lakás
From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-ita ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
alloggio, appartamento
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
dwelling //ˈdwɛl.ɪŋ//
住宅, 住居, 居留
house or place in which a person lives
From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-lat ]
dwelling /dweliŋ/
atrium
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
dwelling /ˈdwelɪŋ/
domostwo
From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]
dwelling /dweliŋ/
aposento, habitação, morada
From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
domicilio
From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
domicilio
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
dwelling /dwˈɛlɪŋ/
1. ev, ikametgah, mesken. dwelling house, dwelling place ev, mesken, konut.
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈdwɛɫɪŋ/
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]
DWELLING: HOUSE. A building inhabited by man. A mansion. (q.v.)
2. A part of a house is, in one sense, a dwelling house; for example,
where two or more persons rent of the owner different parts of a house, so
as to have among them the whole house, and the owner does not reserve or
occupy any part, the separate portion of each will, in cases of burglary, be
considered the dwelling house of each. 1 Mood. Cr. bas. 23.
3. At common law, in cases of burglary, under the term dwelling house
are included the out-houses within the curtilage or common fence with the
dwelling house. 3 Inst. 64; 4 Bl. Com. 225; and vide Russ & Ry. Cr. Cas.
170; Id. 186; 16 Mass. 105; 16 John. 203; 18 John. 115; 4 Call, 109; 1
Moody, Cr. Cas. 274; Burglary; Door; House; Jail; Mansion.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "dwelling":
abiding, abiding place, abode, address, cantonment, cohabitation,
commorancy, commorant, crash pad, crib, domicile, domus,
dwelling place, habitancy, habitation, home, homestead, house,
in residence, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, living,
living in, lodging, lodging place, lodgment, nest, nesting,
occupancy, occupation, pad, place, place to live, quarters,
remaining, residence, residency, resident, residentiary, residing,
roof, seat, sojourning, squatting, staying, staying over, stopping,
tenancy
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 住处;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 住处
Questions or comments about this site? Contact dictionary@catflap.org
Access Stats