Well

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English

Adverb

Well (comparative better, superlative best)

  1. (manner) Accurately, competently.
    He does his job well.
  2. (manner) Completely, fully.
    A well done steak.
  3. (degree) To a significant degree.
    That author is well known.
  4. (degree, UK, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
    • 1999, "Drummond Pearson", What Ash are doing right now... (on Internet newsgroup alt.music.ash)
      That guy rocks! I think he's called Matthew Lillard or sommat but he is well cool in Scream.
    • 2002, "jibaili", FIFA 2003 How is it? (on Internet newsgroup microsoft.public.xbox)
      Hey Dude / FIFA 2003 is well wicked, I've got FIFA 2002 on PS2, David Beckham on Xbox and Football Manager on Xbox too, out of all pf[sic] them FIFA 2003 is easliy[sic] the best..
    • 2003, Steve Eddy, Empower, Book 2
      Hey, you should've seen it, it was well good.

Derived terms

Terms derived from well (adverb)

Adjective

Well (comparative better, superlative best)

  1. In good health.
    I had been sick, but now I'm well.
  2. (archaic) Prudent; good; well-advised.
    • 1897, National Association of Railway Surgeons, Railway surgeon, page 191:
      On leaving the operating table it is well to put the patient in a bed previously warmed and supplied with hot cans.

Derived terms

Interjection

Well

  1. (colloquial) Used to acknowledge a statement or situation (short form for "that is well").
    A: The car is broken.
    B: Well, we could walk to the movies instead.
    A: I didn't like the music.
    B: Well, I thought it was good.
    A: (Accidentally sets tent on fire).
    B: Well, I guess we're sleeping under the stars tonight.
  2. (colloquial, dated, US, Canada) An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled.
    Well, well, well, what do we have here?
  3. (colloquial) Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause.
    It was a bit...well...too loud.

Derived terms

Noun

Well (plural Wells)
  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.
  4. (nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
  5. (nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
  6. A well drink.
    They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
  7. The playfield of the video game Tetris.

Derived terms

Verb

Well (third-person singular simple present Wells, present participle Welling, simple past and past participle Welled)

  1. To seep out of the surface.
    Blood welled from the wound.
  2. To have something seep out of the surface.
    Her eyes welled with tears.

Adjectives for Well

deep; calm; handsome; stone; decorated; poisoned; projected; fathomable; crystal; transparent; mossy; extreme; babbling; connected; polluted; harmonious; bubbling.

Verbs for Well

bare—; case—; contaminate—; drain—; drill—; emanate from—; excavate—; issue from—; line—; pollute—; probe—; pump from—; sink—; sound—; submerge in—; tap—; test—; —affords; —bubbles; —facilitates; —offers; —overflows; —springs up; —yields.

Adverbs for Well

gloriously; splendidly; magnificently; wholly; gaily; entirely; seldom; recently; finally; radiantly; miraculously; happily; fortunately; luckily; naturally; surprisingly; extremely; incomparably; sturdily; rosily.

Thesaurus

ably, abysm, abyss, acceptably, adeptly, adequately, adroitly, agilely, all right, all the way, altogether, amply, appropriately, approvingly, aptly, aright, artfully, artificial lake, artistically, baths, bayou lake, becomingly, benignantly, benignly, beyond all expectation, blow out, bonanza, brilliantly, bunkum, capably, capitally, cascade, cataract, cavity, certainly, chasm, cistern, clear, cleverly, comfortable, comfortably, competently, completely, conceivably, concernedly, considerably, considerately, cornucopia, correctly, crater, crevasse, cunningly, dam, dead water, decently, decorously, deep, deftly, deluge, depth, dexterously, dextrously, dig, diggings, dike, doing nicely, doubtlessly, drain, drain out, easily, easy, effectively, effectually, efficiently, effortlessly, empty, engulf, entirely, etang, excavation, excellently, exhaust, expertly, facilely, famously, far, farm pond, favorably, featly, find vent, fine, finely, fishpond, fit, fitly, fittingly, flood, flow, flow out, font, fortunate, fortunately, fount, fountain, fountainhead, freely, freshwater lake, fully, generously, glacial lake, gold mine, good, gulf, gush, gush out, hale, handily, happily, happy, headspring, headstream, headwater, heedfully, hole, hollow, humanely, humanly, inception, indeed, ingeniously, inland sea, interestedly, inundate, jet, justly, kindheartedly, kindly, lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, lightly, likely, linn, loch, lode, lough, mainspring, masterfully, mere, millpond, millpool, mine, neatly, nicely, nimbly, nyanza, obviously, origin, outflow, outpour, overbrim, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, oxbow lake, passably, perfectly, perhaps, pit, plash, play, pleasantly, plumb, pond, pondlet, pool, possibly, pour, pour out, pour over, probably, proficiently, properly, prosperously, provenance, provenience, providential, puddle, quarry, quite, rather, readily, really, reservoir, resource, resourcefully, right, rightly, riverhead, root, roundly, royally, run out, run over, salina, salt pond, sane, satisfactorily, satisfyingly, shaft, significantly, skillfully, slam, slop, slosh, sluice out, smoothly, snug, softheartedly, somewhat, sound, source, source of supply, spa, spew, spew out, spill, spill out, spill over, spit, splendidly, spout, spout out, spray, spring, springhead, springs, spritz, spryly, spurt, spurtle, squirt, stagnant water, standing water, staple, still water, sublimely, submerge, substantial, successfully, suitably, sump, superbly, surely, surge, swamp, sweep, swimmingly, tank, tarn, tenderheartedly, thoughtfully, tidal pond, to good purpose, to some purpose, tolerably, truly, unailing, undoubtedly, unquestionably, unsick, unsickly, up and about, utterly, vein, very well, volcanic lake, vomit, vomit forth, vomit out, warmheartedly, warmly, water hole, water pocket, watering place, well out, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do, wellhead, wellspring, whelm, white, wholesome, wholly, with consummate skill, with finesse, with genius, with skill, workings, yawning abyss

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Old English wel

Etymology 2

Old English well (“well”)

Etymology 3

Old English weallan. Cognate with German wallen (“boil, seethe”), Danish vælde (“gush”).

Translations

Adverb

accurately; competently
completely; fully
to a significant degree
(slang) very
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Adjective

in good health
prudent

Interjection

used to introduce a statement that may be contrary to expectations
to acknowledge a statement or situation
exclamation of surprise
used in conversation to fill space
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Noun

hole sunk into the ground
spring
small depression
lowest part of a ship's hull
cockpit of a sailing boat — see cockpit of a sailing boat

Verb

to seep out of the surface
to have something seep out of the surface

Statistics

Old English

Noun

Well m.

  1. well

Etymology

Common Germanic *wall-, whence also Old High German wella, Old Norse vella.

Welsh

Adjective

well

  1. soft mutation of gwell

Adverb

well

  1. soft mutation of gwell

Pronunciation

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