Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A deep hole or shaft sunk into the earth to obtain water, oil, gas, or brine.
- noun A container or reservoir for a liquid, such as ink.
- noun A place where water issues from the earth; a spring or fountain.
- noun A mineral spring.
- noun A watering place; a spa.
- noun An abundant source.
- noun An open space extending vertically through the floors of a building, as for stairs or ventilation.
- noun An enclosure in a ship's hold for the pumps.
- noun A compartment or recessed area in a ship, used for stowage.
- noun A part of a ship's weather deck enclosed between two watertight bulkheads.
- noun A cistern with a perforated bottom in the hold of a fishing vessel for keeping fish alive.
- noun An enclosed space for receiving and holding something, such as the wheels of an airplane when retracted.
- noun Chiefly British The central space in a law court, directly in front of the judge's bench, where the counsel or solicitor sits.
- intransitive verb To rise to the surface, ready to flow.
- intransitive verb To rise or surge from an inner source.
- intransitive verb To pour forth.
- adverb In a good or proper manner.
- adverb Skillfully or proficiently.
- adverb Satisfactorily or sufficiently.
- adverb Successfully or effectively.
- adverb In a comfortable or affluent manner.
- adverb In a manner affording benefit or gain; advantageously.
- adverb With reason or propriety; reasonably.
- adverb In all likelihood; indeed.
- adverb In a prudent or sensible manner.
- adverb In a close or familiar manner.
- adverb In a favorable or approving manner.
- adverb Thoroughly; completely.
- adverb Perfectly; clearly.
- adverb To a suitable or appropriate degree.
- adverb To a considerable extent or degree.
- adverb With care or attention.
- adverb Entirely; fully.
- adjective In a satisfactory condition; right or proper.
- adjective Not ailing, infirm, or diseased; healthy. synonym: healthy.
- adjective Cured or healed, as a wound.
- adjective Of or characterized by the maintenance of good health practices. Often used in combination.
- adjective Advisable; prudent.
- adjective Fortunate; good.
- interjection Used to introduce a remark, resume a narrative, or fill a pause during conversation.
- interjection Used to express surprise.
- idiom (as well) In addition; also.
- idiom (as well) With equal effect.
- idiom (in well with) In a position to influence or be favored by.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Agreeable to wish or desire; satisfactory as to condition or relation; fortunate; opportune; propitious: only predicative, and most commonly used in impersonal clauses.
- Satisfactory in kind or character; suitable; proper; right; good: as, was it well to do this? the well ordering of a household.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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• Expanding the tarmac-delay contingency plans to include additional airports and foreign airlines• Requiring smaller and foreign carriers to report tarmac delays, and requiring the largest airlines to report tarmac delays not only on scheduled domestic flights but also on scheduled international and charter flights as well• Establishing standards for customer service plans, requiring airlines to disseminate them to passengers, and extending these provisions to foreign as well as U.S. airlines.
Proposed DOT rules stengthen air travelers' rights in many ways 2010
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• Expanding the tarmac-delay contingency plans to include additional airports and foreign airlines• Requiring smaller and foreign carriers to report tarmac delays, and requiring the largest airlines to report tarmac delays not only on scheduled domestic flights but also on scheduled international and charter flights as well• Establishing standards for customer service plans, requiring airlines to disseminate them to passengers, and extending these provisions to foreign as well as U.S. airlines.
Proposed DOT rules stengthen air travelers' rights in many ways 2010
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As for finally wanting to live, developing the ability to live well - I hope you know, sometimes, how *well* you live -, and then finding its worth artificially degraded by human stupidity...
Fear: for caregiver, for disabled. And dying. Elizabeth McClung 2009
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He says to look for plants that *live well and die well*.
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You know I have read some of the above comments and some are very well noted and some are ..well not…..
First Look: Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus « FirstShowing.net 2008
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One very telling public statement recently published quoted him as saying ‘contrary to what people may think I sleep very well at night’…..well, folks, so did Ted Bundy and he was responsible for killing far fewer people than this guy!
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Well dipping ones nads as well as the rest of ones self in water that would freeze a brass monkey..well you see my bit about the pathology.
Eades/Cordain Tahoe picnic | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006
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Oh, well, I'll spoil myself. *pats the other shoulder as well*.
thinking with my fingers Torill 2002
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Shakspeare uses it in _All's well that ends well_ --
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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In the midst of this sarcophagus is a well, the mouth of which is level with the ground, and half closed by two flag-stones; to this is given the name of the _well of blood_, because the heads of those who are executed in the dungeon are thrown into it.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 Various
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With so much conflicting advice available online, Burrows says it is no surprise that we are seeing a rise in the “worried well” – people with no physical symptoms who are overconcerned about their health.
The truth about nightshades: four online myths about potatoes, tomatoes and aubergines Lizzie Cernik 2023
trivet commented on the word well
That's a deep subject.
April 9, 2007
lydunka commented on the word well
Hey guys! I'm Ukrainian and working on my translation from English into Ukrainian I faced a problem translation this sentence: water was deep down the well. Could you perephrase it for me so I can get wht the author meant here?
March 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word well
@lydunka - my feeling is that the well was nearly dry, so the water level in the well was very low. More rope required to reach the water, and more time and effort required to hoist the bucket.
March 17, 2013
lydunka commented on the word well
oh thank you! I figured it out yesterday myself but wasn't sure abt it! Thnx a lot!!
March 18, 2013