Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.

    quellen

  2. (intransitive)To have something seep out of the surface.

    Her eyes welled with tears.

More definitions
  • come up, as of a liquid

Examples

12863 sentences
  1. That was well worth the trouble.

    То було цілком варто клопоту. — ChickenKiev

    deDas war die Mühe wirklich wert. — MUIRIEL

  2. I hope you are all well.

    Сподіваюся, у тебе все гаразд. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, у вас у всех всё хорошо. — marafon

    deIch hoffe, dass es euch allen gut geht. — MUIRIEL

  3. I hope you'll soon get well.

    Сподіваюсь, ти скоро одужаєш. — ascolto

    ruНадеюсь, ты скоро поправишься. — Hellerick

    deIch hoffe, es wird Ihnen bald besser gehen. — cburgmer

  4. This book sold well in Japan.

    Ця книжка добре продавалася в Японії. — deniko

    ruЭта книга хорошо продавалась в Японии. — al_ex_an_der

    deDieses Buch hat sich in Japan gut verkauft. — Kamil

  5. I hope you'll get well soon.

    Сподіваюсь, ти скоро одужаєш. — ascolto

    ruНадеюсь, ты скоро поправишься. — Hellerick

    deIch hoffe, es wird Ihnen bald besser gehen. — cburgmer

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to issue forth:

Origin

From Middle English wellen, from a merger of Old English weallan (intransitive) and wiella

From Middle English wellen, from a merger of Old English weallan (intransitive) and wiellan (transitive), both meaning “to boil.” Further from Proto-Germanic *wallaną and *wallijaną. Doublet of wall.

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Forms

wells, welling, welled, welled
Base formwell · to well
3rd person singularwells
Present participlewelling
Past simplewelled
Past participlewelled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywell
he, she, itwells

Past simpleLesson

all personswelled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave welled
he, she, ithas welled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill well

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • come up, as of a liquid:swell

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • as well as
  • that as well
  • that very well
  • get along well
  • quite well
  • swim very well
  • fairly well
  • along well with
  • swim as well
  • well enough to
  • doing doing well
  • might as well

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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