dwell

Verb

• come back to
  • Don't dwell on the past
    
  • She is always harping on the same old things
    

• exist or be situated within
  • Strange notions inhabited her mind
    

• inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
  • People lived in Africa millions of years ago
    
  • The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
    
  • this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
    
  • deer are populating the woods
    

• originate (in)
  • The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
    

• think moodily or anxiously about something

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  harp , inhabit , populate , live , consist , lie , lie in , brood