dwell meaning
EN
[dwɛl] [-ɛl] 
US WDwell
- Dwell means to remain in a place, as a residence (a dwelling), or metaphorically to stay on a subject. It may also refer to:
- Dwell (magazine), a monthly American publication focused on modern architecture and design
- Dwell (retailer), a leading UK furniture and accessories company
- Terminal dwell time (or station dwell time or simply dwell time), in public transit operations is the amount of time spent motionless at a scheduled stop
- Dwell is an (angular) measure important to tuning how long the coil spends charging to spark automotive ignition systems.
- NounPLdwells
- (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
- (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
- (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
- (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).
- (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
- VerbSGdwellsPRdwellingPT, PPdweltPT, PPdwelled
- (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
- (intransitive) To linger (on) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
- (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
- (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.
- (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Species living in the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Northern Sea had similar encephalisation indices compared to the indopacific coral reef dwelling species.
- When faith and love, which parted from thee never, Had ripined thy iust soul to dwell with God. --Milton.
- As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, eve in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The clothing was soaking in a washbin when police arrived to investigate the soldier's modest dwelling.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of dwell in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Verbs by inflection type
- Irregular verbs
- Irregular verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
- en dwelling
- en dwelling-place
- en dweller
- en dwelled
- en dwells
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "dwell" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a verbs by inflection type.