Definitions for dwelling

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dwelling dwell·ing

Spelling: [dwel-ing]

IPA: /ˈdwɛl ɪŋ/

Dwelling is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 180 anagrams from letters in dwelling (degillnw).

Definitions for dwelling

noun

1. a building or place of shelter to live in; place of residence; abode; home.
2. 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.

verb (used without object)

1. to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
2. to live or continue in a given condition or state:
3. to linger over, emphasize, or ponder in thought, speech, or writing (often followed by on or upon):
4. (of a moving tool or machine part) to be motionless for a certain interval during operation.

Origin of dwelling

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at dwell, -ing¹

Examples for dwelling

Were not her poor friends the more sorely tried that she was dwelling at ease?

We tend to daydream all the time, speculating about the future and dwelling on the past.

Sure enough, he missed his way, and came to the dwelling of Laotzse.

You have to haul the water into your dwelling and carry out the waste.

After two weeks of dwelling on religious and social issues, Santorum delivered a concession speech heavy on economic talk.

Close to the dwelling, the rest of the little company was awaiting them.

Weiss misses them, I think, for the same reason he cannot bear Boianjiu dwelling in the head of an Israeli soldier.

If God exists, then God has (or had) a body and a dwelling place.

When they had gone some forty miles into the mountains, he saw a dwelling, fair and clean.

Your dwelling is in those parts, and so their thoughts turned to you as their leader.