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well
In good health.
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adjective
In good health.
“I had been sick, but now I'm well.”
Good, content.
““How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!””
Prudent; good; well-advised.
adverb
(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
“He does his job well.”
(manner) Completely, fully.
“We’re well beat now.”
(degree) To a significant degree.
“That author is well known.”
(degree) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
interjection
Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
““I didn't like the music.” “Well, I thought it was good.””
An exclamation of surprise (often doubled or tripled).
“Well, well, well, what do we have here?”
An exclamation of indignance.
“Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!”
Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
“It was a bit... well... too loud.”
Used in speech to fill gaps, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question; filled pause.
““So what have you been doing?” “Well, we went for a picnic, and then it started raining so we came home early.””
(Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting
“Well lads. How's things?”
noun
A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
“Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.”
A source of supply.
A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
The cockpit of a sailboat.
A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
A well drink.
“They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.”
The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
verb
To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
To have something seep out of the surface.
“Her eyes welled with tears.”
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Example Sentences
I had been sick, but now I'm well.
“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”
He does his job well.
We’re well beat now.
That author is well known.
“I didn't like the music.” “Well, I thought it was good.”
Well, well, well, what do we have here?
Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!
It was a bit... well... too loud.
“So what have you been doing?” “Well, we went for a picnic, and then it started raining so we came home early.”
Well lads. How's things?
Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.
They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
Her eyes welled with tears.
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