wells

Noun

• 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)
• a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
• a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
• an abundant source
• an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
• 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
• plural of well

Verb

• come up, as of a liquid
• third-person singular simple present indicative of well

Examples

• Every time she sees her little grandson, her face wells with joy.
• The town's water supply consisted of three wells, but a new one was being dug to meet demand from the new development.

Synonyms

fountainhead, H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells, swell, well, wellspring