well

Signification

Adv

1. Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
2. Completely, fully.
3. To a significant degree.
4. (slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
5. In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.

Adj

1. In good health.
2. Good, content.
3. Prudent; good; well-advised.
4. Good to eat; tasty, delicious.

Intj

1. Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
2. An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and spoken in a lowering intonation).
3. An exclamation of indignance.
4. Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
5. Used in speech to fill gaps, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question; filled pause.
6. Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?"
7. Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.

Noun

1. A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
2. A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
3. A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
4. A source of supply.
5. A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
6. The cockpit of a sailboat.
7. 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 to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
8. A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
9. A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
10. An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
11. The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
12. The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
13. A well drink.
14. The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
15. In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
16. The region of an interface that contains tabs.

Verb

1. To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
2. To have something seep out of the surface.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wɛl/

Étymologie

From Middle English wel, wal, wol, wele, from Old English wel (“well, abundantly, very, very easily, very much, fully, quite, nearly”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, *wala (“well”, literally “as wished, as desired”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“wish, desire”).
Cognate with Scots wele, weil (“well”), North Frisian wel, weil, wal (“well”), West Frisian wol (“well”), Dutch wel (“well”), Low German wol (“well”), German wol, wohl (“well”), Norwegian and Danish vel (“well”), Swedish väl (“well”), Icelandic vel, val (“well”). Related to will.

Phrases

That is what I thought as well , but it might not be true .

C'est ce que je pensais aussi, mais ce n'est peut-être pas vrai.

His painting went well , and life went well enough .

Sa peinture s'est bien passée et la vie s'est assez bien déroulée.

At that time , he observed , Democracy works well in Turkey .

À cette époque, a-t-il observé, la démocratie fonctionne bien en Turquie.

Other weapons may be more powerful and carry unlimited ammunition as well .

D'autres armes peuvent être plus puissantes et porter des munitions illimitées également.

Yet this castle has not been faring very well .

Pourtant, ce château ne s'est pas très bien résisté.

A few tracks , notably " Naked Jock Man ", contain rapped vocals as well .

Quelques pistes, notamment "Naked Jock Man", contiennent également des voix frappées.