dwelling
part of speech
noun (a dwelling, dwellings); verb (present participle of «dwell»: dwell, dwells, dwelt or dwelled, dwelling)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) A house, flat or other place where people live; a home. tree →
2) Living in a place (cave-dwelling animals). tree →
3) «Dwelling on»: thinking or talking about something, often something sad, for too long. tree →
sense in the lessons
A formal word in history (early dwellings, Stone Age dwellings), geography and official forms; a stiff exam word for «house». In feelings and stories, «don't keep dwelling on it». Phrases: «a dwelling place», «cave dwellings», «dwelling on the past».
examples
- The village had about 50 dwellings. tree →
- Stone Age people built round dwellings. tree →
- The tree-dwelling monkey ate fruit. tree →
- Stop dwelling on your mistake and try again. tree →
- Each dwelling has its own garden. tree →
- Cliff dwellings were built into the rock. tree →
- (formal) The fire damaged three dwellings. tree →
- She rejoices greatly in her beautiful dwelling. tree →
note
Formal; everyday: «house», «home». Verb «dwell» has past «dwelt» (UK) or «dwelled» (US). Noun «dweller» (city dwellers). In maths and statistics, dwellings are counted like houses.
In the corpora
- And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, unto the mountain of the east.
- It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.
- And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
- Ye shall do no manner of work; it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
- 'Speak unto the congregation, saying: Get you up from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dwelling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.