Willverb
To wish, desire (something).
âDo what you will.â;
Welladverb
(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
âHe does his job well.â;
Willverb
To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
Welladverb
(manner) Completely, fully.
âa well done steakâ; âWeâre well beat now.â;
Willverb
(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
Welladverb
(degree) To a significant degree.
âThat author is well known.â;
Willverb
(auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
Welladverb
Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
Willverb
(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
Welladverb
In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
Willverb
(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
âUnfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.â;
Welladjective
In good health.
âI had been sick, but now I'm well.â;
Willverb
(archaic) To wish, desire.
Welladjective
(hypercorrect) Good, content.
ââHow are you?â â âI'm well, thank you!ââ;
Willverb
To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
Welladjective
(archaic) Prudent; good; well-advised.
Willverb
(transitive) To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
âAll the fans were willing their team to win the game.â;
Wellinterjection
Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
ââThe car is broken.â âWell, we could walk to the movies instead.ââ; ââI didn't like the music.â âWell, I thought it was good.ââ; ââI forgot to pack the tent! Well, I guess we're sleeping under the stars tonight.ââ;
Willverb
(transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
âHe willed his stamp collection to the local museum.â;
Wellinterjection
An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled.
âWell, well, well, what do we have here?â;
Willnoun
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
âOf course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.â;
Wellinterjection
An exclamation of indignance.
âWell! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!â;
Willnoun
One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
âEventually I submitted to my parents' will.â;
Wellinterjection
Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
âIt was a bit... well... too loud.â;
Willnoun
The act of choosing to do something; a personâs conscious intent or volition.
âMost creatures have a will to live.â;
Wellinterjection
Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause.
ââSo what have you been doing?â âWell, we went for a picnic, and then it started raining so we came home early.ââ;
Willnoun
A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
Wellinterjection
(Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting
âWell lads. How's things?â;
Willnoun
(archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
Wellnoun
A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
Willnoun
(archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
âHe felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.â;
Wellnoun
A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
Willnoun
The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.
âIt is necessary to form a distinct notion of what is meant by the word "volition" in order to understand the import of the word will, for this last word expresses the power of mind of which "volition" is the act.â; âWill is an ambiguous word, being sometimes put for the faculty of willing; sometimes for the act of that faculty, besides [having] other meanings. But "volition" always signifies the act of willing, and nothing else.â; âAppetite is the will's solicitor, and the will is appetite's controller; what we covet according to the one, by the other we often reject.â; âThe will is plainly that by which the mind chooses anything.â;
Wellnoun
A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
âMake a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.â;
Willnoun
The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.
âThe word "will," however, is not always used in this its proper acceptation, but is frequently substituted for "volition", as when I say that my hand mover in obedience to my will.â;
Wellnoun
(figurative) A source of supply.
Willnoun
The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
âThy will be done.â; âOur prayers should be according to the will of God.â;
Wellnoun
(nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
Willnoun
Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
âMy poverty, but not my will, consents; . . . Put this in any liquid thing you will,And drink it off.â;
Wellnoun
(nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
Willnoun
That which is strongly wished or desired.
âWhat's your will, good friar?â; âThe mariner hath his will.â;
Wellnoun
(nautical) 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.
Willnoun
Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.
âDeliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies.â;
Wellnoun
(nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
Willnoun
The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.
Wellnoun
(military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
Willverb
To wish; to desire; to incline to have.
âA wife as of herself no thing ne sholde [should]Wille in effect, but as her husband wolde [would].â; âCaleb said unto her, What will thou ?â; âThey would none of my counsel.â;
Wellnoun
(architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
Willverb
As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.
âI am able to devote as much time and attention to other subjects as I will [shall] be under the necessity of doing next winter.â; âA countryman, telling us what he had seen, remarked that if the conflagration went on, as it was doing, we would [should] have, as our next season's employment, the Old Town of Edinburgh to rebuild.â; âI feel assured that I will [shall] not have the misfortune to find conflicting views held by one so enlightened as your excellency.â;
Wellnoun
The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
Willverb
To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.
âAnd behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, Lord if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean.â;
Wellnoun
(metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
Willverb
To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.
âBy all law and reason, that which the Parliament will not, is no more established in this kingdom.â; âTwo things he [God] willeth, that we should be good, and that we should be happy.â;
Wellnoun
A well drink.
âThey're having a special tonight: $1 wells.â;
Willverb
To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.
âThey willed me say so, madam.â; âSend for music,And will the cooks to use their best of cunningTo please the palate.â; âAs you go, will the lord mayor . . . To attend our further pleasure presently.â;
Wellnoun
(video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
Willverb
To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch.
Wellnoun
(biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
Willverb
To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.
âAt Winchester he lies, so himself willed.â; âHe that shall turn his thoughts inward upon what passes in his own mind when he wills.â; âI contend for liberty as it signifies a power in man to do as he wills or pleases.â;
Wellverb
(intransitive) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
Willnoun
the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention;
âthe exercise of their volition we construe as revoltâ;
Wellverb
(intransitive) To have something seep out of the surface.
âHer eyes welled with tears.â;
Willnoun
a fixed and persistent intent or purpose;
âwhere there's a will there's a wayâ;
Wellnoun
An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
âBegin, then, sisters of the sacred well.â;
Willnoun
a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
Wellnoun
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.
âThe woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.â;
Willverb
decree or ordain;
âGod wills our existenceâ;
Wellnoun
A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
Willverb
have in mind;
âI will take the exam tomorrowâ;
Wellnoun
Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring.
âDan Chaucer, well of English undefiled.â; âA well of serious thought and pure.â;
Willverb
determine by choice;
âThis action was willed and intendedâ;
Wellnoun
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.
Willverb
leave or give by will after one's death;
âMy aunt bequeathed me all her jewelryâ; âMy grandfather left me his entire estateâ;
Wellnoun
A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
Wellnoun
An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
Wellnoun
The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
Wellverb
To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
âFrom his two springs in Gojam's sunny realm,Pure welling out, he through the lucid lakeOf fair Dambea rolls his infant streams.â;
Wellverb
To pour forth, as from a well.
Welladverb
In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly.
âIf thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.â;
Welladverb
Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly.
âLot . . . beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere.â; âWE are wellable to overcome it.â; âShe looketh well to the ways of her household.â; âServant of God, well done! well hast thou foughtThe better fight.â;
Welladverb
Fully or about; - used with numbers.
âWell nine and twenty in a company.â;
Welladverb
In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.
âKnowIn measure what the mind may well contain.â; âAll the world speaks well of you.â;
Welladverb
Considerably; not a little; far.
âAbraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age.â;
Welladjective
Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered.
âIt was well with us in Egypt.â;
Welladjective
Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well.
âIs your father well, the old man of whom ye spake?â;
Welladjective
Being in favor; favored; fortunate.
âHe followed the fortunes of that family, and was well with Henry the Fourth.â;
Welladjective
Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place.
Wellnoun
a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
Wellnoun
a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
Wellnoun
an abundant source;
âshe was a well of informationâ;
Wellnoun
an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
Wellnoun
an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
Wellverb
come up;
âTears well in her eyesâ;
Welladjective
in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury;
âappears to be entirely wellâ; âthe wound is nearly wellâ; âa well manâ; âI think I'm well; at least I feel wellâ;
Welladjective
resulting favorably;
âits a good thing that I wasn't thereâ; âit is good that you stayedâ; âit is well that no one saw youâ; âall's well that ends wellâ;
Welladjective
wise or advantageous and hence advisable;
âit would be well to start earlyâ;
Welladverb
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well');
âthe children behaved wellâ; âa task well doneâ; âthe party went wellâ; âhe slept wellâ; âa well-argued thesisâ; âa well-planned partyâ; âthe baby can walk pretty goodâ;
Welladverb
thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form;
âThe problem is well understoodâ; âshe was well informedâ; âshake well before usingâ; âin order to avoid food poisoning be sure the meat is well cookedâ; âwell-done beefâ; âwell-satisfied customersâ; âwell-educatedâ;
Welladverb
indicating high probability; in all likelihood;
âI might well do itâ; âa mistake that could easily have ended in disasterâ; âyou may well need your umbrellaâ; âhe could equally well be trying to deceive usâ;
Welladverb
(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully;
âa book well worth readingâ; âwas well aware of the difficulties aheadâ; âsuspected only too well what might be going onâ;
Welladverb
to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree;
âthe project was well underwayâ; âthe fetus has well developed organsâ; âhis father was well pleased with his gradesâ;
Welladverb
favorably; with approval;
âtheir neighbors spoke well of themâ; âhe thought well of the bookâ;
Welladverb
to a great extent or degree;
âI'm afraid the film was well over budgetâ; âpainting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) largerâ; âthe house has fallen considerably in valueâ; âthe price went up substantiallyâ;
Welladverb
with great or especially intimate knowledge;
âwe knew them wellâ;
Welladverb
with prudence or propriety;
âYou would do well to say nothing moreâ; âcould not well refuseâ;
Welladverb
with skill or in a pleasing manner;
âshe dances wellâ; âhe writes wellâ;
Welladverb
in a manner affording benefit or advantage;
âshe married wellâ; âThe children were settled advantageously in Seattleâ;
Welladverb
in financial comfort;
âThey live wellâ; âshe has been able to live comfortably since her husband diedâ;
Welladverb
without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor;
âtook the joke wellâ; âtook the tragic news wellâ;