Overview of noun wells

The noun wells has 1 sense

• Wells, H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells -- (prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946))

Overview of noun well

The noun well has 5 senses

• well -- (a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine)


• well -- (a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid)


• well, wellspring, fountainhead -- (an abundant source; "she was a well of information")


• well -- (an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway))


• well -- (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)

Overview of verb well

The verb well has 1 sense

• well, swell -- (come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up")