well

Meaning of well

adjective
  1. In good health.
    I had been sick, but now I'm well.
  2. Good, content.
    “How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”
  3. Prudent; good; well-advised.
adverb
  1. (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
    He does his job well.
  2. (manner) Completely, fully.
    We’re well beat now.
  3. (degree) To a significant degree.
    That author is well known.
  4. (degree) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
  5. In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
interjection
  1. Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
    “I didn't like the music.” “Well, I thought it was good.”
  2. An exclamation of surprise (often doubled or tripled).
    Well, well, well, what do we have here?
  3. An exclamation of indignance.
    Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!
  4. Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
    It was a bit... well... too loud.
  5. 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.”
  6. (Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting
    Well lads. How's things?
noun
  1. A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
  2. A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
  3. A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
    Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.
  4. A source of supply.
  5. A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
  6. The cockpit of a sailboat.
  7. 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.
  8. A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
  9. A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
  10. An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
  11. The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
  12. The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
  13. A well drink.
    They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
  14. The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
  15. In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
verb
  1. To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
  2. To have something seep out of the surface.
    Her eyes welled with tears.

Information about well

  • The plural form of well is: wells.
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Hyphenation of well

well

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • well is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

well synonyms

Meaning good:

good

Meaning wellspring:

wellspring, fountainhead

Meaning swell:

swell

Meaning easily:

easily

Meaning considerably:

considerably, substantially

Meaning intimately:

intimately

Meaning advantageously:

advantageously

Meaning comfortably:

comfortably

Meaning :

so, like, look, see, shaft

Translation of well

Anagrams of well

Llew

Words that rhyme with well

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