"wells" in the noun sense
1. well
a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
2. well
a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
3. well, wellspring, fountainhead
an abundant source
"she was a well of information"
4. well
an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
5. 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
"wells" in the verb sense
1. well, swell
come up, as of a liquid
"Tears well in her eyes"
"the currents well up"
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