Définitions
1.AdverbAccurately, competently, satisfactorily."He does his job well.; My RV runs well on diesel."
2.AdverbCompletely, fully."Well done steaks; We’re well beat now.; I was well looked after by close relations."
3.AdverbTo a significant degree."That author is well known.; A monument well worth seeing"
4.AdverbVery (as a general-purpose intensifier).
5.AdverbIn a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously."I'm glad Joe got fired last week. I think we're well rid of him."
6.AdjectiveIn good health."I've been sick, but now I'm well.; I've always been a healthy, fit woman, but right now I really don't feel very well."
7.AdjectiveHighly satisfactory"Everything well with you?"
8.AdjectiveGood, content."“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”"
9.AdjectivePrudent; good; well-advised.
10.AdjectiveGood to eat; tasty, delicious.
11.InterjectionUsed as a discourse marker."“So, what have you been doing?” “Well, we went for a picnic; and then it started raining, so we came home early.”; “The car is broken.” “Well, we could walk to the movies instead.”; “I didn't like the music.” “Well, I thought it was good.”; I forgot to pack the tent! Well, I guess we’re sleeping under the stars tonight.; It was a bit... well, too loud."
12.InterjectionUsed as a hedge."“The car is broken.” “Well, we could walk to the movies instead.”; “I didn't like the music.” “Well, I thought it was good.”; I forgot to pack the tent! Well, I guess we’re sleeping under the stars tonight."
13.InterjectionExpressing reluctance to say something."It was a bit... well, too loud."
14.InterjectionAn exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation)."Well, well, well, what do we have here?"
15.InterjectionAn exclamation of indignance."Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!"
16.InterjectionUsed as a greeting, short for "Are you well?""Well, lads? How's things?"
17.InterjectionUsed as a question to demand an answer from someone."And what do you think you're doing? ... Well?"
18.NounA hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
19.NounA place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
20.NounA small depression, e.g. suitable for holding liquid or other objects."Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk."
21.NounA source of supply.
22.NounA vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
23.NounThe cockpit of a sailboat.
24.NounA 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 to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
25.NounA vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
26.NounA hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
27.NounAn opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
28.NounThe open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
29.NounThe lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
30.NounA well drink."They're having a special tonight: $1 wells."
31.NounThe playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
32.NounIn a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
33.NounThe region of an interface that contains tabs.
34.VerbTo issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
35.VerbTo have something seep out of the surface."Her eyes welled with tears."