All 3 Uses
dwell
in
Harry Potter (#2) and the Chamber of Secrets
(Edited)
- But he had no time to dwell on this; Professor McGonagall was moving along the Gryffindor table, handing out course schedules.
p. 89.2 *dwell = focus (let attention stay)
- Fred had "rescued" the brilliant orange, fire-dwelling lizard from a Care of Magical Creatures class and it was now smouldering gently on a table surrounded by a knot of curious people.
p. 130.9 *dwelling = home
- They believed that I was the monster that dwells in what they call the Chamber of Secrets.
p. 277.7 *dwells = lives
Definitions:
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(1)
(dwell as in: Don't dwell on it.) to think, communicate, or let attention stay on (or return to) something for a prolonged period
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(2)
(dwell as in: It dwells in the forest.) make one's home in; or to live in; or to stay (in a place)
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(3)
(dwelling as in: a modest dwelling) a house or shelter in which someone lives
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)