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“well” – English explanatory dictionary

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- I never saw no medical books. - Well, trust me, I have one.
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It's built extremely well with all this metal and glass.
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adv 1. in a way that is satisfactory ○ He doesn’t speak Russian very well. ○ Our business is small, but it’s doing well. ○ Is the new computer working well? 2. very much ○ He got back from the office late – well after eight o’clock. ○ You should go to the Tower of London – it’s well worth a visit. ○ There were well over sixty people at the meeting. ○ She’s well over eighty. Synonym considerably 3. □ as well also ○ When my aunt comes to stay she brings her two cats and the dog as well. ○ You can’t eat fish and chips and a meat pie as well! □ as well as not only, but also ○ Some newsagents sell groceries as well as newspapers. ○ She ate a slice of cheesecake as well as two scoops of ice cream. 4. to emphasise ○ He may well be right. ○ She’s well aware of how serious the situation is. ■ adj healthy ○ She’s looking well after her holiday! ○ The secretary’s not very well today – she’s had to stay off work. ○ It took him some weeks to get well after his flu. ■ interj which starts a sentence, and often has no meaning ○ Well, I’ll show you round the house first. ○ Well now, we’ve done the washing up so we can sit and watch TV. ○ (showing surprise) Well, well! What is Mr Smith doing here! ■ noun a very deep hole dug in the ground with water or oil at the bottom ○ Middle Eastern oil wells ○ We pump water from the well in our garden.
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prefix in a satisfactory way ○ well-attended ○ well-chosen (NOTE: Wellis used in front of many adjectives, see the following words. Note also the comparative in these compoundəː well-advised – better advised; well-off – better off.)
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slang
to pocket, to save money. Any one of fair income and miserly
habits is said to “WELL it.”
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n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain. . See Well, v. i.]
1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. “Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well.” Milton.
2. 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. “The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.” John iv. 11.
3. A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
4. Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring. ´This well of mercy.´ Chaucer. “Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled.” Spenser. “A well of serious thought and pure.” Keble.
5. (Naut.) (a) 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. (b) 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. (c) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of water. (d) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; — often called the cockpit.
6. (Mil.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
7. (Arch.) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
8. (Metal.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls. Artesian well, Driven well. See under Artesian, and Driven. — Pump well. (Naut.) See Well, 5 (a), above. — Well boring, the art or process of boring an artesian well. — Well drain. (a) A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or pit, serving to discharge the water of wet land. (b) A drain conducting to a well or pit. — Well room. (a) A room where a well or spring is situated; especially, one built over a mineral spring. (b) (Naut.) A depression in the bottom of a boat, into which water may run, and whence it is thrown out with a scoop. — Well sinker, one who sinks or digs wells. — Well sinking, the art or process of sinking or digging wells. — Well staircase (Arch.), a staircase having a wellhole (see Wellhole (b)), as distinguished from one which occupies the whole of the space left for it in the floor. — Well sweep. Same as Sweep, n., 12. — Well water, the water that flows into a well from subterraneous springs; the water drawn from a well.
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v. i. [imp. & p. p. Welled p. pr. & vb. n. Welling.] [OE. wellen, AS. wyllan, wellan, fr. weallan; akin to OFries. walla, OS. & OHG. wallan, G. wallen, Icel. vella, G. welle, wave, OHG. wella, walm, AS. wylm; cf. L. volvere to roll, Gr. to inwrap, to roll. Cf. Voluble, Wallop to boil, Wallow, Weld of metal.] To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. ´[Blood] welled from out the wound.´ Dryden. ´[Yon spring] wells softly forth.´ Bryant. “From his two springs in Gojam’s sunny realm,
Pure welling out, he through the lucid lake
Of fair Dambea rolls his infant streams.” Thomson.
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Simba embraces his destiny and leads the Pride Lands well.

The scentence about “The Lion King”.

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