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Verbs (13)

v. think moodily or anxiously about something

v. originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

shack, people, live, reside, inhabit, populate, make one's home

v. inhabit or live in; "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"

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Fuzzynyms (15)

take, consider, look at, deal with

v. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"

fuss, fret, niggle

v. worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

occupy, inhabit

v. be present in; be inside of

tenant

v. occupy as a tenant

staff, provide with staff

v. provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"

stay, quell, appease

v. overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"

Synonyms (8)

dwell on, linger over

v. delay

mind, worry about

v. be concerned with or about something or somebody

sleep in, live in

v. live in the house where one works; "our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her"

live out, sleep out

v. work in a house where one does not live; "our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home"

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