WELL

Well

The Well mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird.

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Well...

Well... is the first album released by the American singer and actress Katey Sagal. The album was originally released on April 19, 1994 by Virgin Records.

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well

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.
  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 lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
  12. A well drink.
    They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
  13. The playfield of the video game Tetris, into which the blocks fall.

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.

Adjective

  1. In good health.
    I had been sick, but now I'm well.
  2. Prudent; good; well-advised.

Adverb

  1. Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
  2. Completely, fully.
  3. To a significant degree.
  4. Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
  5. In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.

Interjection

  1. Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
  2. An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled.
  3. Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
  4. Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause.


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