Definitions For Well

noun

• Prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)
• A deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
• An enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
• An open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
• A cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
• An abundant source
• A deep hole made in the ground through which water can be removed

verb

• Come up, as of a liquid
• To rise to a surface and flow out
• In a successful way
• In a skillful way
• In a good, proper, or positive way

adjective

• Wise or advantageous and hence advisable
• Resulting favorably

adjective

• In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury

adverb

• (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for well')
• Without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
• Indicating high probability; in all likelihood
• Thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
• Favorably; with approval
• To a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
• In financial comfort
• In a manner affording benefit or advantage
• To a great extent or degree
• With skill or in a pleasing manner
• With prudence or propriety
• With great or especially intimate knowledge
• (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully