Definition of well, well in English English dictionary
- Indicating pondering or consideration, sometimes with sarcasm or mock surprise
with sarcasm) Well, well. Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.
- well, well, well
- Indicating pondering or consideration, often with sarcasm or mock surprise
with sarcasm) Well, well, well. Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.
- Cartesian well
- Common misconstruction of artesian well
- all very well
- True, as far as it goes
- all very well
- All right, to a certain extent
That's all very well, but how are we supposed to move 900 pounds of equipment out there, at all?.
- all's well that ends well
- Even though something may have had problems or unexpected steps, it is okay as long as the finished product is okay
- artesian well
- A bore-hole in an artesian basin
- artesian well
- An aquifer in which water rises to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure
- as well
- In addition; also
Wearing his hat and coat, he looked outside and decided he should take an umbrella, as well.
- as well
- To the same effect
They might as well walk as drive in this traffic.
- as well as
- In addition to; further to
As well as the obvious financial benefits, the merger will allow us some breathing room with regards to R&D.;.
- as well as
- also; as well
The moon as well as the stars were shining down on them.
- as well as
- too; likewise; in addition
- bloody well
- Damn well
- bloody well
- resolutely
Do please try and bear that in mind from now on.' I dragged myself upright and glared after the departing truck. 'If I want to blow myself up, then I bloody well will,' I yelled hysterically.
- damn well
- Emphatically; certainly
You know damn well that this is an idiom.
- damned well
- Alternative form of damn well
- do well by doing good
- To achieve social acceptance or financial success as a result of behaving in a benevolent or charitable manner
He wants companies selling Red products to make a profit by helping the poor—doing well by doing good.
- draw-well
- A deep well from which water is lifted by a bucket on a rope
- fare thee well
- Goodbye, farewell
I must not hear thee; fare thee well, kind maid.
- fare thee well
- The greatest extent; completion; a state of refinement or perfection
- fare-thee-well
- Alternative spelling of fare thee well
- get well
- To recover from financial straits
With a single blockbuster, the studio got well.
- get well
- To recover from an illness or injury
- get well soon
- A phrase indicating hope that the listener recovers from physical illness
- goddamned well
- Alternative form of damn well
- hail fellow well met
- A sociable, friendly, usually male person
I was a hail fellow well met with all of the workmen at the factory, most of whom knew little and cared less about social distinctions.
- hail-fellow-well-met
- Alternative spelling of hail fellow well met: a sociable, friendly person
My father was reserved and modest, the opposite of a hail-fellow-well-met.
- hail-fellow-well-met
- Sociable, friendly
You may be hail-fellow-well-met all you please, but you are the servant of God in our midst, and I, for one, intend to remember it..
- hot well
- A well whose water is supplied by a hot spring
- if you want a thing done well, do it yourself
- It is better to do something oneself, than rely on others to do it well
- jolly well
- certainly
You jolly well deserved it.
- just as well
- Used to say that an occurrence, or situation, is not only fortunate, but that for the contrary, it could have been a lot worse
Marshall stepped away from the conversation, and it was just as well. It could only have gotten hotter from that point.
- leave well enough alone
- To leave something alone; to avoid attempts to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient
We should have left well enough alone when we had it working the first time.
- ne'er-do-well
- A person without a means of support; an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; a good-for-nothing
- ne'er-do-well
- A person who is up to no good; a rogue
- ne're-do-well
- An idle, self-indulgent, worthless person; a good-for-nothing
- oh well
- An expression of mild disappointment or resignation; too bad; pity
I guess the store closes at five on Thursdays. Oh well. I'll just come back tomorrow.
- oil well
- A hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
- play well with others
- To habitually demonstrate social skills by engaging agreeably in social or work activities
- potential well
- the region surrounding a local minimum of potential energy
- quantum well
- a potential well that confines particles in one dimension, forcing them to occupy a planar region
- spare tire well
- A depression in the trunk of an automobile where the spare tire is stowed
- spare tyre well
- A depression in the boot of a motor car where the spare tyre is stowed
- to a fare thee well
- Alternative spelling of to a fare-thee-well
- to a fare you well
- Alternative form of to a fare-thee-well
- to a fare-thee-well
- To the greatest extent or to completion; to a state of refinement or perfection
Market participants are painfully learning the limits to slicing and dicing mortgages to a fine fare-thee-well.
- to a fare-you-well
- Alternative form of to a fare-thee-well
- to a fine fare-thee-well
- Alternative form of to a fare-thee-well
- very well
- Probably
It might very well rain this afternoon.
- very well
- Indicating acceptance, often with resignation or acquiescence, of a statement or situation
B: Very well. Let's go tomorrow then.
- very well
- Unusually well
- very well
- Clearly, indeed
He knew very well how difficult it would be.
- well
- To a significant degree
That author is well known.
- well
- Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause
It was a bit...well...too loud.
- well
- A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate
- well
- Used to acknowledge a statement or situation (short form for "that is well")
B: Well, I guess we're sleeping under the stars tonight.
- well
- To have something seep out of the surface
Her eyes welled with tears.
- well
- The cockpit of a sailboat
- well
- An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled
Well, well, well, what do we have here?.
- well
- A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids
- well
- Completely, fully
A well done steak.
- well
- In good health
I had been sick, but now I'm well.
I hope this letter finds you in good health.
- I hope this letter finds you well.
- well
- To seep out of the surface
Blood welled from the wound.
- well
- The playfield of the video game Tetris
- well
- Very (as a general-purpose intensifier)
Hey, you should've seen it, it was well good.
- well
- Prudent; good; well-advised
On leaving the operating table it is well to put the patient in a bed previously warmed and supplied with hot cans.
- well
- Accurately, competently
He does his job well.
- well
- A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally, a spring
- well
- A well drink
They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
- well
- A small depression suitable for holding liquid, or other objects
- well ain't that the catfish in the trap
- A sentence commonly spoken in the Southern United States. It can often be used in place of "well, I'll be damned". Used to express surprise
- well and good
- Basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation
Having 200,000 entries is all well and good, but the data will be useless unless people can find what they need.
- well begun is half done
- Much depends on the beginning of an endeavor
- well behaved
- having good behaviour; not needing correction; polite; correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour; well mannered
- well deck
- A sunken deck between the forecastle and the poop
- well decks
- plural form of well deck
- well done
- An exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement
Well done John, here's a biscuit for you..
- well done
- Well-cooked
She liked her steaks well done.
- well done
- Performed well
It was a job well done.
- well drink
- A mixed drink for which one does not specify the exact brand of liquor to be used
Don't order the well drinks there. They use the cheapest stuff they can find.
- well drinks
- plural form of well drink
- well hung
- Having a large penis
- well hung
- Having been left for a time, normally hanging, to encourage tenderness
- well liquor
- An inexpensive liquor served at a bar etc. when the customer does not specify a brand
- well liquors
- plural form of well liquor
- well logging
- The analysis and recording of the strata penetrated by the drill of an oil well as an aid to exploration
- well off
- Of any item, in a good position or circumstance
The house was well off for spectacular views over the surrounding countryside.
- well off
- Of a person, being in fortunate circumstances, especially having financial security
He is very well off as a result of his illegal money-making activities.
- well put
- skillfully explained and/or argued
That was well put! I couldn't have said it better myself!.
- well said
- A comment expressing approval; an accolade; "that was spoken well" (clearly or eloquently.)
- well, I never
- An exclamation of great surprise
- well-adjusted
- Free from any psychological disorder
- well-adjusted
- Suitably adapted to new conditions
- well-advised
- benefitting from careful prior advice or counsel
- well-appointed
- Properly equipped with a complete set of whatever equipment is needed
a well-appointed kitchen.
- well-balanced
- mentally stable and free from psychological disorder
- well-balanced
- properly balanced; in equilibrium
- well-behaved
- Having good manners and acting properly
- well-behaved
- Having a finite derivative (of all orders) at all points, and having no discontinuities
- well-being
- a state of health, happiness and/or prosperity
- well-born
- A noble, describing someone born into the upper classes
- well-bred
- of good breed
- well-bred
- well-mannered and refined because of a good upbringing and education
- well-built
- Muscular and lean, having a body resembling that of an athlete
A well-built teenage boy in a soiled black leather studded vest and black jeans was crouched in the far corner of the cellar, waiting for us.
- well-built
- Constructed in a pleasing or sound manner
The basics of a well-built garden.
- well-connected
- Having close connections with people of wealth or social standing
- well-covered
- Amply equipped or provisioned, especially with respect to a place where food is served
How are you to bid a starving man to wait when you put him down at a well-covered board?.
- well-covered
- Fat, corpulent, full-figured
The sculptor Botero—influenced perhaps by Maillol’s love of well covered women—created in 1981 an overweight, stumpy couple.
- well-defined
- Having a clean and distinct outline
- well-defined
- Defined using unambiguous axioms
- well-defined
- Accurately and precisely described or specified
- well-disposed
- friendly and sympathetic
- well-done
- cooked until no blood runs, and there is no pink flesh on the inside
- well-dressed
- That dresses well; characterized by fashionable, attractive clothes
- well-endowed
- Having a significant measure of a natural gift or ability
- well-endowed
- Having a substantial income, wealthy
- well-endowed
- Having a large penis
- well-endowed
- Having large breasts or buttocks
- well-fed
- properly or adequately fed or nourished
- well-fixed
- Reasonably financially secure
- well-formed
- Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language
If the parser says it is good, then it must be well-formed and is part of the language.
- well-formed formula
- A statement that is expressed in a valid, syntactically correct, manner
This program works correctly on all well-formed formulas but it blows up on illegal input.
- well-formedness rules
- The conditions for hierarchy
- well-founded
- properly substantiated
- well-founded
- based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement
- well-groomed
- neat and well-dressed
- well-groomed
- neat and tidy
- well-grounded
- Based on good judgment and solid reasoning
- well-grounded
- Having extensive knowledge of a subject
- well-heeled
- rich; affluent; prosperous
- well-hung
- Having a large penis
- well-hung
- Allowed to mature correctly
- well-informed
- Furnished with sufficient, correct knowledge
- well-intentioned
- Having good intentions, even if producing unfortunate results
- well-kept
- neat, tidy
- well-knit
- Firmly constructed and held together
- well-known
- Generally recognised; reserved for some usual purpose
A common approach is for the server to accept messages at a well-known port.
- well-known
- Familiar, famous, renowned or widely known
- well-made
- Properly constructed or manufactured
- well-mannered
- Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour
A well-mannered gentleman always allows others first.
- well-meaning
- With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation
The boy is well-meaning enough, but he usually ruins things one way or another.
- well-meaningly
- In a well-meaning manner; with well-meaning intentions
- well-meant
- Having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences
- well-nigh
- almost, very nearly
- well-off
- Alternative spelling of well off
He was expecting a large inheritance from a well-off aunt.
- well-oiled machine
- Something that operates capably through the effective coordination of many parts
The writer is never enthusiastic and rarely Imaginative. His lines flow with the smoothness of a well-oiled machine.
- well-oiled machines
- plural form of well-oiled machine
- well-order
- To impose a well-order on (a set)
- well-order
- A total order of which every nonempty subset has a least element
- well-ordered
- Having a precise arrangement
- well-ordered
- Having a well-order
- well-ordered
- Simple past tense and past participle of well-order
- well-ordering
- A total order of which every nonempty subset has a least element
- well-ordering
- Present participle of well-order
- well-preserved
- healthy and ageing gracefully
- well-proportioned
- Having good and pleasing proportions
- well-proportioned
- Compact
- well-read
- Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively
- well-rested
- Having had sufficient (or even more than enough) sleep or rest to function optimally during waking hours
- well-rounded
- shapely
- well-rounded
- having a balanced variety of attributes
- well-spoken
- Considered to be eloquent and able with regards to speech
- well-thewed
- Having an attractive physical appearance or strong muscles
- well-thought-of
- Well esteemed or regarded highly
He is a well-thought-of and endearing old fellow.
- well-thumbed
- Of a book, etc., showing signs of frequent or heavy use; worn; well used
He pulled out a well-thumbed dictionary and began searching for a translation.
- well-timed
- Happening at an opportune or advantageous time
- well-to-do
- wealthy people
- well-to-do
- rich; prosperous
- well-travelled
- Having travelled a lot
- well-trodden
- Describing a route or path that is frequently used
He beat the familiar and well-trodden path to her door.
- well-turned
- Having a pleasing shape
- well-turned
- Pleasingly expressed
- well-turned
- Expertly turned on a lathe
- well-wisher
- someone who extends good wishes, or expresses sympathy to someone else
- well-worn
- trite or hackneyed; repeated too often
- well-worn
- showing signs of wear because of extensive use
- wishing well
- A well where, traditionally, wishes were thought to be granted, especially if coins were dropped into the water
- worried well
- Users of medical or psychiatric services who are not suffering from any diagnosable disease
In cities with a high and more visible number of men becoming sick and dying from AIDS, the worried well report panic attacks, somatic preoccupations, and difficulty functioning on the job because of obsessional worrying about the syndrome..
- well-bred
- of good ancestry
- well-doer
- a performer of moral and social duties
- well-to-do
- in prosperous circumstances
- as well
- in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too"
- as well
- also, too
- as well as
- in addition to, and also, and likewise, besides
- doing well
- successful, going well
- well being
- state of being healthy and happy, welfare, contentment
- well built
- sturdy, stable, stocky
- well endowed
- having plentiful supplies of a resource; "Brazil is well endowed with coffee"
- well endowed
- {s} has a voluptuous figure, has a full figure, has a sexy body
- well said
- you said it nicely, well-put
- well-off
- in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community"
- well-qualified
- more than adequately qualified; "a well-qualified officer"
- sit well with someone
- (Ev ile ilgili) [for something] to be acceptable or understandable to someone. (Very close to sit right with someone.)
- well child visit
- Taking a child/baby to the pediatrician for his check up and shots and evaluaion of the growth and development of the baby in the areas of motor skills, language and social skills
- All's well that ends well
- (Edebiyat) All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1604 and 1605,[1] and was originally published in the First Folio in 1623. Though originally the play was classified as one of Shakespeare's comedies, the play is now considered by some critics to be one of his problem plays, so named because they cannot be neatly classified as tragedy or comedy
- All's Well that Ends Well
- a humorous play by William Shakespeare about the relationship between the two main characters, Helena and Bertram. People sometimes use the expression "All's Well that Ends Well" to say that a difficult situation has ended with a good result
- all's well that ends well
- the scenario has come to a happy ending
