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English meaning

  • abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  • apprehend verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
  • belive adverb Soon, shortly, or before long (archaic).
  • detain verb To officially hold someone, preventing them from leaving.
  • dwell verb To live or reside in a place.
  • fast adj Moving or able to move at high speed; quick.
  • inhabit verb To live in a place.
  • linger verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
  • live verb To be alive; to have life.
  • living adj Alive, currently existing (as opposed to dead or extinct).
  • reside verb To live somewhere on a permanent or long-term basis.
  • rumble noun A deep, continuous, low sound, like distant thunder.
  • tarry verb (literary) To stay somewhere longer than planned, or to delay leaving.
  • withhold verb To refuse to give, share, or reveal something.
  • wone noun (archaic) A place where someone lives; a home.

Senses

住 is used for these senses in English:

  • abide (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]
  • apprehend (law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
  • belive (intransitive, dialectal, otherwise, obsolete) To remain, stay.
  • detain (transitive, law enforcement) To put under custody.
  • dwell (intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.
  • fast (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. [from 9th c.]
  • fast In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound [from 10th c.].
  • inhabit (transitive) To live or reside in.

abide — full definition

  1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
  3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

apprehend — full definition

  1. verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
  2. verb To understand or grasp something mentally.
  3. verb To anticipate something, usually with worry or fear.
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