Word Meanings - WELL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries. (more info) 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

Additional info about word: WELL

A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries. (more info) 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. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of WELL)

• Aright
• Right
• well
• rightly
• correctly
• truly
• properly
• uprightly
• unexceptionably
• justly
• suitably
• appropriately
• Hearty
• Healthy
• robust
• cordial
• sound
• warm
• honest
• earnest
• genuine
• sincere
• heartfelt
• hale
• Likewise
• also
• too
• as well
• to boot
• besides
• Whole
• Total
• entire
• all
• complete
• healthy
• perfect
• unimpaired
• undiminished
• integral
• undivided
• gross

Related words: (words related to WELL)

• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• SINCERELY
  In a sincere manner. Specifically: Purely; without alloy. Milton. Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.
• HONESTY
  Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.
• CORRECTLY
  In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
• PERFECT
  Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. Perfect cadence , a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant. -- Perfect chord , a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly
• TOTALIS
  The total. I look on nothing but totalis. B. Jonson.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• INTEGRAL
  1. Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; perfect; uninjured; whole; entire. A local motion keepeth bodies integral. Bacon. 2. Essential to completeness; constituent, as a part; pertaining to, or serving to form, an integer; integrant. Ceasing
• SOUNDER
  One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
• TRULY
  1. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented. I can not truly say how I came here. Shak. 2. Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate truly the weight
• COMPLETE
  Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil. Syn. -- See Whole. (more info) 1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficienty; entire; perfect; consummate.
• SOUNDLESS
  Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.
• INTEGRALITY
  Entireness. Whitaker.
• WHOLENESS
  The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.
• GENUINE
  Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. "True, genuine night." Dryden.
• CORDIALNESS
  Cordiality. Cotgrave.
• SINCERENESS
  See FL
• RIGHT-ANGLED
  Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
• WHOLE-HOOFED
  Having an undivided hoof, as the horse.
• ENTIRELY
  1. In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost. Euphrates falls not entirely into the Persian Sea. Raleigh. 2. Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely. To highest God entirely pray. Spenser.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• HIGH-SOUNDING
  Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
• RESOUND
  resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
• DISHONESTY
  1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
• UNHONEST
  Dishonest; dishonorable. Ascham. -- Un*hon"est*ly, adv. Udall.
• CARTWRIGHT
  An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
• IMPROPERLY
  In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
• FRIGHTFUL
  1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• SHRIGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.
• DEHONESTATE
  To disparage. (more info) dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see