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Definition of Well

Well An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in. A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine. Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring. An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection. 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 for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market. A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of water. A depressed space in the after part of the deck; -- often called the cockpit. A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries. An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole. The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls. To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. To pour forth, as from a well. In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly. Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly. Fully or about; -- used with numbers. In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently. Considerably; not a little; far. Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered. Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well. Being in favor; favored; fortunate. Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place. Related Definitions: About, Abundantly, Adequately, Advantageous, Advantageously, After, Ailing, Alive, An, And, Are, Around, As, At, Auxiliary, Be, Being, Body, Bottom, Branches, Brine, Building, But, Called, Caving, Certain, Chip, Cockpit, Compartment, Condition, Considerably, Convenient, Conveniently, Could, Country, Cylindrical, Damage, Day, Deck, Depressed, Depth, Desirable, Did, Discovered, Diseased, Drawn, Earth, Either, Elevator, End, Excavation, Facilitate, Fail, Far, Favor, Favored, Fig, Fish, Fishing, Flow, For, Form, Forth, Fortunate, Fountain, From, Fully, Furnace, Galleries, Generally, Good, Happy, Having, Health, Healthy, Hold, Hole, Ill, In, Inclosure, Into, Is, Issue, It, Justly, Let, Little, Lower, Made, Man, Manner, Market, May, Metal, Middle, Mining, Mistake, Moral, Natural, Not, Numbers, Obtain, Occasion, Of, Often, Oil, One, Opening, Or, Out, Part, Passage, Patient, Perfectly, Perforated, Pit, Place, Pour, Preservation, Preserve, Prevent, Propeller, Proper, Proposed, Reach, Rightly, Run, Safe, Screw, Sense, Shaft, Sick, So, Sound, Source, Space, Spring, Staircase, Stern, Stone, Such, Sunk, Supply, That, The, Their, They, Thoroughly, Through, Tight, To, Transported, Up, Use, Used, Vertical, Vessel, Walled, Warranted, Was, Water, Well, Wellhole, Wellspring, Which, While, Wickedly, Wish, With

Well Quotations Be who you are and be that well. Saint Francis de Sales Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different. Tom Sizemore It was another day to go to work, and try to play and play well. Ray Nitschke Well, maybe at home I don't have the best image. Martina Hingis There are laws for peace as well as war. Titus Livius

Well Translations well in Afrikaans is fiks, toe, put, gesond, goed well in Dutch is goed, nu goed well in Finnish is no, terve, kaivo well in French is puits, sain, richement well in Italian is bene, benessere, pozzo, sano, interamente, ebbene well in Latin is puteus, bene well in Norwegian is frisk well in Spanish is bien, pozo

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