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well

adjective
  1. wise or advantageous and hence advisable
  2. resulting favorably
    good
  3. in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
    “appears to be entirely well”
adverb
  1. (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')
    “the children behaved well”
    good
  2. without unusual distress or resentment
  3. indicating high probability
    easily
  4. thoroughly or completely
  5. favorably
  6. to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
    “the project was well underway”
  7. in financial comfort
    “They live well”
    comfortably
  8. in a manner affording benefit or advantage
    “They married well.”
    advantageously
  9. to a great extent or degree
    “I'm afraid the film was well over budget”
    considerably
  10. with skill or in a pleasing manner
    “They dance very well.”
  11. with prudence or propriety
    “You would do well to say nothing more”
  12. with great or especially intimate knowledge
    “we knew them well”
    intimately
  13. used for emphasis or as an intensifier meaning entirely or fully
    “Berlin is well worth visiting.”
noun
  1. a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
  2. 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
  3. an open shaft through the floors of a building, such as for a stairway
    “The well through the building was over fourteen storeys high.”
  4. a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
  5. an abundant source
    “They were a well of information.”
    wellspring
verb
  1. come up, as of a liquid
    “Tears well in their eyes.”
    swell