| ADVERB | all | well, good | (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory / satisfactory manner or to a high standard ('good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for 'well') |
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| all | well | thoroughly or completely | |
| all | well, easily | indicating high probability | |
| all | well | (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully | |
| all | well | to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree | |
| all | well | favorably | |
| all | well, considerably, substantially | to a great extent or degree | |
| all | well, intimately | with great or especially intimate knowledge | |
| all | well | with prudence or propriety | |
| all | well | with skill or in a pleasing manner | |
| all | well, advantageously | in a manner affording benefit or advantage | |
| all | well, comfortably | in financial comfort | |
| all | well | without unusual distress or resentment | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | well | in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury |
| all | well, good | resulting favorably | |
| all | well | wise or advantageous and hence advisable | |
| NOUN | artifact | well | a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine |
| artifact | well | a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid / liquid | |
| communication | well, wellspring, fountainhead | an abundant source | |
| artifact | well | an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway) | |
| artifact | well | 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 | |
| VERB | motion | well, swell | come up, as of a liquid |
| Sounds | weh'l | |
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| Rhymes | Aix-la-Chapelle ... zinfandel / Zinfandel: 95 rhymes with ehl... | |
| Meaning | In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury. | |
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| Narrower | asymptomatic, symptomless | Having no symptoms of illness or disease |
| cured, healed, recovered | Freed from illness or injury | |
| See also | fit | physically and mentally sound or healthy |
| healthy | Having or indicating good health in body or mind | |
| Opposite | ill, sick | Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |
| Spanish | sano | |
| Catalan | sà | |
| Nouns | wellness | a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease |
| Meaning | Resulting favorably. | |
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| Synonym | good | |
| Broader | fortunate | Having unexpected good fortune |
| Spanish | buen, bueno | |
| Meaning | wise or advantageous and hence advisable. | |
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| Example | "it would be well to start early" | |
| Broader | advisable | worthy of being recommended or suggested |
| Meaning | A deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine. | |
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| Narrower | artesian well | A well drilled through impermeable strata into strata that receive water from a higher altitude so there is pressure to force the water to flow upward |
| driven well, tube well | A well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water | |
| gas well | A well that yields or has yielded natural gas | |
| oil well, oiler | A well that yields or has yielded oil | |
| sump | A well or other hole in which water has collected | |
| Broader | excavation | A hole in the ground made by excavating |
| Spanish | pozo | |
| Catalan | pou | |
| Meaning | A cavity or vessel used to contain liquid / liquid. | |
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| Narrower | inkwell, inkstand | A small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped |
| Broader | vessel | An object used as a container (especially for liquids / liquids) |
| Meaning | An abundant source. | |
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| Example | "she was a well of information" | |
| Synonyms | wellspring, fountainhead | |
| Broader | source | A document (or organization) from which information is obtained |
| Meaning | An open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway). | |
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| Narrower | stairwell | A vertical well around which there is a stairway |
| Broader | shaft | A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Narrower | bilge well | (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away |
| pump well | An enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps | |
| Broader | compartment | A partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger / larger enclosed area |
| Meaning | (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory / satisfactory manner or to a high standard ('good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for 'well'). | |
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| Synonym | good | |
| Opposite | ill, badly, poorly | ('ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner |
| Usage of | combining form | A bound form used only in compounds |
| Meaning | Thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form. | |
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| Spanish | bien, totalmente | |
| Catalan | ben, bé | |
| Meaning | Indicating high probability; in all likelihood. | |
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| Synonym | easily | |
| Spanish | facilmente | |
| Meaning | (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully. | |
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| Usage of | intensifier, intensive | A modifier that has little meaning / meaning except to intensify the meaning / meaning it modifies |
| Spanish | muy | |
| Meaning | To a suitable or appropriate extent or degree. | |
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| Meaning | favorably; with approval. | |
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| Opposite | ill, badly | unfavorably or with disapproval |
| Spanish | bien | |
| Meaning | To a great extent or degree. | |
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| Example | "I'm afraid the film was well over budget" | |
| Synonyms | considerably, substantially | |
| Spanish | considerablemente, jugosamente, muy, significativamente, substancialmente, sustancialmente | |
| Catalan | considerablement | |
| Meaning | With great or especially intimate knowledge. | |
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| Example | "we knew them well" | |
| Synonym | intimately | |
| Spanish | íntimamente | |
| Meaning | With prudence or propriety. | |
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| Meaning | With skill or in a pleasing manner. | |
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| Opposite | badly | Without skill or in a displeasing manner |
| Meaning | In a manner affording benefit or advantage. | |
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| Example | "she married well" | |
| Synonym | advantageously | |
| Opposite | badly, disadvantageously | In a disadvantageous way |
| Spanish | provechosamente, ventajosamente | |
| Catalan | avantatjosament | |
| Meaning | In financial comfort. | |
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| Example | "They live well" | |
| Synonym | comfortably | |
| Spanish | bien, confortablemente | |
| Meaning | Without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor. | |
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| Opposite | badly | With unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display |
| Spanish | bien | |
| Meaning | come up, as of a liquid. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
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| Synonym | swell | |
| Broader | surface, come up, rise up, rise | Come to the surface |
| Spanish | brotar, hincharse, manar | |
| Catalan | rajar | |
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