English Dictionary

well

/wɛl/

noun

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.

The villagers dug a well to access clean water.

意味（1）

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

The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.

意味（2）

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

Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well.

意味（3）

A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.

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

意味（4）

(figuratively) A source of supply.

Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled

意味（5）

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

意味（6）

(nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.

意味（7）

(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.

意味（8）

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

意味（9）

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

意味（10）

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

意味（11）

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

意味（12）

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

意味（13）

A well drink.

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

意味（14）

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

Tetris, the most widely played computer game of all time, is a problem-solving puzzle game. […] The player attempts to lock the falling shape smoothly together with the shapes in the well.

意味（15）

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