dwell
/dwɛl/
US pronunciation
American sound/dwɛl/
dwell
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Myanmar meaning
(vi) နေထိုင်သည်။
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(pt, pp dwelt /dwelt; US dwelled )
~ in, at, etc… (arch or fml )
နေထိုင်သည်။
❏ dweller n (esp in compounds)
(… တွင်) နေထိုင်သူ။
town-/city-dwellers ❍ flat-dwellers ❍ cave-dwellers.
❏ dwelling n (fml or joc )
နေအိမ်၊ တိုက်ခန်း စသည်။ ခန်းဝါ။
a desirable family dwelling.
❏ dwell on/upon sth [PHRV ] တဝဲလည်လည်ပြောသည်၊ ရေးသည်၊ တွေးသည်။ Let's not dwell on your past mistakes.
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- dwell /dwel/ v ( pt, pp dwelt /dwelt; US dwelled ) ~ in, at, etc… ( arch or fml ) နေထိုင်သည်။ ❏ dweller n (esp in compounds) (… တွင်) နေထိုင်သူ။ town-/city-dwellers
- cave-dwellers. ❏ dwelling n ( fml or joc ) နေအိမ်၊ တိုက်ခန်း စသည်။ ခန်းဝါ။ a desirable family dwelling. ❏ dwell on/upon sth [PHRV] တဝဲလည်လည်ပြောသည်၊ ရေးသည်၊ တွေးသည်။ Let's not dwell on your past mistakes.
Synonyms
reside, stay, have your home, inhabit, settle, abide, bide, bunk, continue, crash, establish oneself, exist, flop, hang one's hat, hang out, hole up, keep house, live, live in, locate, lodge, make one's home, nest, occupy, park, perch, pitch tent, quarter, remain, rent, rest, room, roost, sojourn, squat, stop, tarry, tenant, tent
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