well

In a good way; accurately, competently, satisfactorily.

• He does his job well.
• My RV runs well on diesel.
• The jacket looks good and fits you well.

Completely, fully.

• I prefer a well done steak.
• Cook the potatoes well to ensure they aren't tough.
• We’re well beat now.

To a significant degree.

• That author is well known.
• A monument well worth seeing

Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).

In 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.

In 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.

Highly satisfactory

• Everything well with you?

Good, content.

• “How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”

Prudent; good; well-advised.

Good to eat; tasty, delicious.

Used 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.”

Used 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.

Expressing reluctance to say something.

• It was a bit... well, too loud.

An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).

• Well, well, well, what do we have here?

An exclamation of indignance.

• Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!

Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?"

• Well, lads? How's things?

Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.

• And what do you think you're doing? ... Well?

A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.

A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.

A small depression, e.g. suitable for holding liquid or other objects.

• Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.

A source of supply.

A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.

The cockpit of a sailboat.

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.

A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.

A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.

An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.

The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.

The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.

A well drink.

• They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.

The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.

In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.

The region of an interface that contains tabs.

To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.

To have something seep out of the surface.

• Her eyes welled with tears.