Home › Words › B › bedwellbedwellbedwell means A surname.EtymologyVariant of Bidwell.nameA surname.An inner suburb of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2424).A hamlet in Sesswick community, Wrexham borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3646).verbTo dwell around or about (a place); inhabit.e.g.“[...] At first like a twilight cloud, Yet momently clearer in colour, I saw church-domes and steeples, And lastly a whole city, Ancient-looking, Netherlandish, Man-bedwelt in.” — 1841, Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford (Earl of), Ballads, songs and poems:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dwell 66% match — A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state. vs bedwell →bydweller 63% match — One who dwells near; a neighbour. vs bedwell →bework 63% match — To work around or about; surround. vs bedwell →dwellable 62% match — Inhabitable; suitable for dwelling in. vs bedwell →dweller 60% match — An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen. vs bedwell →dwelling 59% match — A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home. vs bedwell →bewell 59% match — To well up. vs bedwell →bewallow 58% match — To wallow around or about; wallow all over. vs bedwell →