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well

n. 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

well

n. a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine

well

n. a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid

well

n. an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

wellspring, fountainhead

n. an abundant source; "she was a well of information"

swell

v. come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"

well

adv. without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor; "took the joke well"; "took the tragic news well"

well

adv. with prudence or propriety; "You would do well to say nothing more"; "could not well refuse"

advantageously

adv. in a manner affording benefit or advantage; "she married well"; "The children were settled advantageously in Seattle"

much

adv. "I like her well"

full, fully

adv. completely; "He didn't fully understand"

extensively, to a great extent

adv. "He is well known"; "The problem is well understood"

well

adj. in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well"

healed

adj. freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron

tunnel

n. a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"

fountain

n. a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

fountain

n. a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

spurt, spirt, gush, spout

v. gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"

forge, spurt, spirt

v. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

favorably, favourably

adv. showing approval; "he reviewed the play favorably"

hale, whole

adj. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"

robust

adj. sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial"

hardy

adj. able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions; "strawberries are hardy and easy to grow"; "camels are tough and hardy creatures"

vigorous

adj. strong and active physically or mentally; "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W.H.Hudson

fine, all right

adj. being satisfactorily healthy and reasonably happy: "I'm fine, and you?"; "I'm feeling all right again"

asymptomatic, symptomless

adj. having no symptoms of illness or disease

cured, healed, recovered

adj. freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron

good

adj. "I feel good"; "felt fine"

healthy, in good health

adj. having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"

ill

adv. with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"

hardly, scarcely

adv. almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"

badly, disadvantageously

adv. in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them"

badly, disadvantageously

adv. in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them"

sick

adj. deeply affected by a strong feeling; "sat completely still, sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing"

bilious, liverish, livery

adj. suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress

ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy

adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"

bad, tough

adj. feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"

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