dwell
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Synonyms
abide, hang around, remain, stay, stick around, tarry
Antonyms
bail, bail out, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, exit, get off, go, go off, leave, move, pack (up or off), peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, shove (off), take off, vamoose, walk out
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Auburn's players aren't dwelling on the results of their 28-7 loss to Georgia and 34-27 loss to UCF, but rather looking back at the process that led to those results and using it as motivation this spring. — Mark Heim, AL.com, "Sonny Smith reacts to Tony Barbee's trolling of Auburn after NCAA tournament loss to Clemson," 19 Mar. 2018 That said, the White House’s trade hawks might not want to dwell on this precedent, for reasons outlined by Business Insider’s Linette Lopez: In 2002 the EU, especially, was ready to put a hurt on the US economy. — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump (Finally) Declares His Trade War," 1 Mar. 2018 These aquatic critters dwell at extreme ocean deaths, making them very difficult to study, and scientists are still learning new things about them. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Scientists Identify New Species of Elusive Deep-Sea Shark," 22 Feb. 2018 Rather than dwelling on her frustration, Underwood is making a vow to embrace her body in all its iterations. — Glamour, "Carrie Underwood Just Slammed the Idea of ‘Bouncing Back’ After Having a Baby," 19 Mar. 2019 Many a talking head on TV no doubt instantly reverted from dwelling on the horror of the accident to the horror of Mr. Trump’s presumptively stupid and inappropriate comments. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "Planes Crash, So Does the Media," 12 Mar. 2019 What helped shake me out of that first year of grief was deciding to put my son's childhood first and trying to focus on that instead of dwelling on the fear of what was happening to me. — Kara Wahlgreen, Good Housekeeping, "Life With Cancer Isn’t a Life Diminished," 19 Sep. 2018 Four decades later, that tale was still following the adventures of a forest-dwelling tribe of feral elves and their leader — Cutter, Blood of Ten Chiefs — who’s been looking to complete his hero’s journey. — Jevon Phillips, latimes.com, "After 40 years, Wendy and Richard Pini finish 'Elfquest,' the 'first American manga,' and go on fanquest," 3 Apr. 2018 The Minpins was Roald Dahl’s last story for children, about a miniature tree-dwelling people threatened by the Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher who lurks below. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "Shaking the Tree," 30 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dwell.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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How English Got Frenchified
How English Got Frenchified
And wound up with pairs of words—one fancy, one not—for the same things
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The first known use of dwell was in the 13th century
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