Results for well

Definition of well:

• part of speech: (verb transitive)

  To pour forth.

• part of speech: (adverb)

  In a choice or desirable manner; justly; rightly; skilfully; very much; to a sufficient degree; perfectly; a word expressing satisfaction, or merely expletive,- as, " well, well, be it so"-" well, let us go"; as well as.

• part of speech: (conjunction)

  Together with.

• part of speech: (verb)

  To pour forth, as from a spring; to issue forth, as water.

• part of speech: (adjective)

  In a good state; in health.

• part of speech: (adjective)

  Being in a state of health; fortunate; advantageous; recovered from a sickness.

• part of speech: (noun)

  A fountain of water; a deep narrow pit dug in the earth for the purpose of retaining spring or other water; an enclosure around the bottom of a ship's pumps; an enclosed space in a fishing- boat for keeping fish alive; in arch., the space in which winding stairs are placed; a deep excavation for military purposes.

• part of speech: (verb intransitive)

  To issue forth, as water from the earth.

• part of speech: (noun)

  A spring; pit dug to water; inclosure round a ship's pumps.

• part of speech: (adjective)

  Rightly; properly; to a good degree; conveniently.

Usage examples for well:

“ " Well mebbe not- mebbe not. ” Uncle William The Man Who Was Shif'less, - Jennette Lee.

“ Molly, do you feel well ” Molly Brown's Orchard Home, - Nell Speed.