--- title: W — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 13 description: The 590 words of the English dictionary under W, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / W # W — The English dictionary · page 13 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* (Mandarin, pinyin) «Wei» (喂) is what people say when they answer the phone in Chinese, like «hello?»; it sounds like «way».[↗](../../wei/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Mandarin, pinyin) «Wei» is part of many other Chinese words, for example «wèi» (为) «for», «wèi» (位) a polite counting word for people, and «wèi» (胃) «stomach».[↗](../../wei/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Wei is a common Chinese surname and given name, and the name of old Chinese kingdoms.[↗](../../wei/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Wei?[↗](../../wei/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Ni hao!» — that is how he answered the phone.[↗](../../wei/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Wei» sounds like the English word «way».[↗](../../wei/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend Wei comes from Beijing.[↗](../../wei/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Wei teaches us Mandarin.[↗](../../wei/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Chinese, «wei» has different meanings for different tones.[↗](../../wei/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kingdom of Wei was in ancient China.[↗](../../wei/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **weigh** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To weigh is to find how heavy something is, using scales.[↗](../../weigh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To weigh is to be that heavy: «The bag weighs 5 pounds».[↗](../../weigh/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To weigh up is to think carefully about choices before you decide.[↗](../../weigh/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To weigh anchor is to lift a ship's anchor from the sea bed so the ship can set sail.[↗](../../weigh/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The strawberries weighed 35 pounds.[↗](../../weigh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each box weighs 4 pounds.[↗](../../weigh/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How much do they weigh together?[↗](../../weigh/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her dad's strawberries weighed 12 pounds more.[↗](../../weigh/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse weighed the baby.[↗](../../weigh/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Weigh the flour on the kitchen scales.[↗](../../weigh/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My backpack weighs too much.[↗](../../weigh/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She weighed up the two choices.[↗](../../weigh/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A blue whale weighs more than a bus.[↗](../../weigh/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The wet coat weighed him down.[↗](../../weigh/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · No sooner were they on board than they weighed anchor and set sail.[↗](../../weigh/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.[↗](../../weigh/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.23.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weigh/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath formed, weighed, transmuted, composed, and created with these twenty-two letters every living being, and every soul yet uncreated.[↗](../../weigh/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../weigh/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath formed, weighed, and composed with these twenty-two letters every soul, and the soul of everything which shall hereafter be.[↗](../../weigh/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../weigh/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.[↗](../../weigh/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.5.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weigh/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether\![↗](../../weigh/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.6.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weigh/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.[↗](../../weigh/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weigh/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **weighing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The -ing form of «weigh»: measuring how heavy something is: «She is weighing the flour.».[↗](../../weighing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having a certain weight: «a parcel weighing 2 kilograms».[↗](../../weighing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Thinking carefully about something before deciding: «weighing up the choices».[↗](../../weighing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) The act of measuring weight: «the weighing of the babies».[↗](../../weighing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We are weighing the apples on the kitchen scales.[↗](../../weighing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A bag weighing 5 kg is too heavy for me.[↗](../../weighing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is weighing up whether to join the choir or the football club.[↗](../../weighing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The test has been weighing on my mind all week.[↗](../../weighing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The boxer was weighing in at 70 kilograms.[↗](../../weighing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Weighing the ingredients carefully makes a better cake.[↗](../../weighing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hmm, I'm still weighing it up.[↗](../../weighing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He passed over the Ghetto, and saw the old Jews bargaining with each other, and weighing out money in copper scales.[↗](../../weighing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · twelve golden pans, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the pans a hundred and twenty shekels; (Torah NUM.7.86, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weighing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · each silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and each basin seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; (Torah NUM.7.85, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weighing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **weight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Weight is how heavy something is.[↗](../../weight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") We measure weight in grams, kilograms, ounces or pounds.[↗](../../weight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A weight is a heavy object, like a metal block used on a scale or lifted for exercise.[↗](../../weight/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In science, weight is the pull of gravity on something.[↗](../../weight/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «A weight off my mind» means a worry has gone.[↗](../../weight/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Weight can also mean importance or influence, as when someone's opinion carries weight.[↗](../../weight/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The weight of the box is 5 kg.[↗](../../weight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each apple has a weight of 150 grams.[↗](../../weight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What is the total weight of 6 bags?[↗](../../weight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His weight went up by 2 kg.[↗](../../weight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse checked the baby's weight.[↗](../../weight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · On the Moon an astronaut's weight is much smaller.[↗](../../weight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put two 100-gram weights on the scale.[↗](../../weight/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My suitcase was over the weight limit.[↗](../../weight/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · What weight can my blood add to the wool?[↗](../../weight/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.[↗](../../weight/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weight/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.[↗](../../weight/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.25.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weight/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense; of each shall there be a like weight.[↗](../../weight/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weight/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold.[↗](../../weight/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.3.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weight/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'[↗](../../weight/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.6.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weight/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.[↗](../../weight/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.21.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weight/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **weightless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Weightless means having no weight, or seeming to have no weight.[↗](../../weightless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In space, astronauts are weightless and float, because they are falling freely around the Earth.[↗](../../weightless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Astronauts float because they are weightless in orbit.[↗](../../weightless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The feather felt almost weightless in my hand.[↗](../../weightless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In space, a drop of water floats as a weightless ball.[↗](../../weightless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · On the trampoline, I felt weightless for a moment.[↗](../../weightless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Weightless astronauts strap themselves into their sleeping bags.[↗](../../weightless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt weightless in the swimming pool.[↗](../../weightless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **weightlifter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A weightlifter is a person who lifts heavy weights, especially a barbell, as a sport or to get stronger.[↗](../../weightlifter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The weightlifter raised the heavy bar above her head.[↗](../../weightlifter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Olympic weightlifters compete in different weight classes.[↗](../../weightlifter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The weightlifter chalked his hands before the lift.[↗](../../weightlifter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A weightlifter lifted 100 kg: a 20 kg bar plus 40 kg on each side.[↗](../../weightlifter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a weightlifter and goes to the gym every day.[↗](../../weightlifter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The circus strongman was a famous weightlifter.[↗](../../weightlifter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **weighty** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Weighty means heavy.[↗](../../weighty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *In Jewish tradition, meaning 2:* Weighty means serious and important, needing careful thought.[↗](../../weighty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God\![↗](../../weighty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.139.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weighty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.[↗](../../weighty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weighty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave the giant a weighty blow on the head.[↗](../../weighty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That is a weighty question.[↗](../../weighty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sack was weighty with mud.[↗](../../weighty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her weighty boots made the walk slow.[↗](../../weighty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **weir** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A low wall or dam built across a river to control the flow of water or raise its level; water pours over the top.[↗](../../weir/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The river rushes over the weir after heavy rain.[↗](../../weir/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Salmon leap up the fish ladder beside the weir.[↗](../../weir/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never swim near a weir; the current can pull you under.[↗](../../weir/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old mill used water from the weir.[↗](../../weir/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the ducks above the weir.[↗](../../weir/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The canoeists carried their boats around the weir.[↗](../../weir/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **weird** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Weird means very strange or unusual, in a way that is surprising or hard to explain.[↗](../../weird/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Weird can mean strange in a slightly scary or magical way: «a weird light in the sky».[↗](../../weird/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Old) To weird someone means to decide their fate or gift them something by magic.[↗](../../weird/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That's weird — my pencil was here a minute ago.[↗](../../weird/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The platypus is a weird animal: it lays eggs and has a beak.[↗](../../weird/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a weird noise in the attic.[↗](../../weird/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a weird dream last night.[↗](../../weird/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If something online feels weird, tell an adult.[↗](../../weird/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's weird how fast the year went.[↗](../../weird/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The soup tasted weird.[↗](../../weird/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The second said: “I weird her such a sweet voice as shall far exceed the nightingale.”[↗](../../weird/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **weirdly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Weirdly means in a strange or unusual way.[↗](../../weirdly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Weirdly (at the start of a sentence) means "strangely enough", to show that something is surprising.[↗](../../weirdly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The house was weirdly quiet when we got home.[↗](../../weirdly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Weirdly, the cat likes cucumbers.[↗](../../weirdly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was acting weirdly all morning.[↗](../../weirdly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Weirdly enough, I passed the test without studying.[↗](../../weirdly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky looked weirdly green before the storm.[↗](../../weirdly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The clock stopped, weirdly, at midnight.[↗](../../weirdly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **weirdo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (slang, rude) A person who seems very strange or odd.[↗](../../weirdo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang, friendly) Said jokingly to a friend who does something silly.[↗](../../weirdo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stop pulling faces, you weirdo! laughed her sister.[↗](../../weirdo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't call the new boy a weirdo; that's unkind.[↗](../../weirdo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone thought he was a weirdo until they got to know him.[↗](../../weirdo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My dog is a total weirdo: he sleeps upside down.[↗](../../weirdo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, the weirdo next door turned out to be a hero.[↗](../../weirdo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She proudly said, «Yes, I'm a weirdo, and I like it.»[↗](../../weirdo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **welcome** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A friendly word said to greet someone who arrives (Welcome to our school!).[↗](../../welcome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To greet someone warmly when they arrive.[↗](../../welcome/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To be glad to accept or receive something (We welcome new ideas).[↗](../../welcome/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Wanted and pleasant (a welcome rest).[↗](../../welcome/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Allowed to have or do something freely (You're welcome to borrow it).[↗](../../welcome/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* «You're welcome» is the polite answer when someone says «thank you».[↗](../../welcome/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Welcome to our class, Sam\![↗](../../welcome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We welcomed the new girl and showed her around.[↗](../../welcome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Thank you for the help.» — «You're welcome.»[↗](../../welcome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the long walk, a cold drink was very welcome.[↗](../../welcome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You're welcome to use my crayons.[↗](../../welcome/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town gave the team a warm welcome.[↗](../../welcome/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Welcome home, Dad\![↗](../../welcome/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The school welcomes parents at the open day.[↗](../../welcome/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Welcome back, my prince,’ said she.[↗](../../welcome/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **weld** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To weld means to join pieces of metal together by heating them until they melt and stick.[↗](../../weld/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A weld is the joint where two pieces of metal have been welded.[↗](../../weld/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To weld people or things together means to unite them closely.[↗](../../weld/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The worker welded the two steel beams together.[↗](../../weld/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Welders wear masks to protect their eyes.[↗](../../weld/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The weld on the gate has cracked.[↗](../../weld/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never look at welding without eye protection.[↗](../../weld/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The team was welded together by hard training.[↗](../../weld/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old door had been welded shut.[↗](../../weld/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **welding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Joining two pieces of metal (or plastic) by heating them until they melt a little and flow together, then letting them cool into one piece.[↗](../../welding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Welding» is also the -ing form of «weld»: «He is welding the gate».[↗](../../welding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The job or trade of a welder.[↗](../../welding/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Welding can also mean joining two things so closely that they become one whole.[↗](../../welding/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My uncle does welding at the shipyard.[↗](../../welding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The welder wore a dark mask to protect her eyes from the bright light.[↗](../../welding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They are welding the broken gate back together.[↗](../../welding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sparks flew from the welding torch.[↗](../../welding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never stare at welding light, because it can hurt your eyes.[↗](../../welding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The steel beams of the bridge were joined by welding.[↗](../../welding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At the school fair a robot showed how car welding works.[↗](../../welding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **welfare** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Welfare is the health, happiness and safety of a person or animal.[↗](../../welfare/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Welfare is help, often money, that the government gives to people who need it.[↗](../../welfare/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Teachers care about the welfare of every pupil.[↗](../../welfare/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Animal welfare means making sure animals are well looked after.[↗](../../welfare/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The RSPCA works for animal welfare.[↗](../../welfare/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some families get welfare when a parent cannot work.[↗](../../welfare/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach is worried about the team's welfare in the heat.[↗](../../welfare/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A welfare officer helps students who have problems.[↗](../../welfare/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not think of me or of my position; think only of your own welfare.[↗](../../welfare/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he asked them of their welfare, and said: 'Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke?[↗](../../welfare/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../welfare/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.[↗](../../welfare/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.18.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../welfare/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?[↗](../../welfare/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.15.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../welfare/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Terrors are turned upon me, they chase mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away as a cloud.[↗](../../welfare/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../welfare/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.[↗](../../welfare/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.18.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../welfare/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **well** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Well means in a good or right way: «she sings well».[↗](../../well/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Well means healthy: «I feel well».[↗](../../well/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A well is a deep hole in the ground where people get water or oil.[↗](../../well/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Well...» is said at the start of a sentence when you stop to think.[↗](../../well/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «As well» means also; «as well as» means and also.[↗](../../well/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She sings well.[↗](../../well/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The well is 20 meters deep.[↗](../../well/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He bought apples and pears as well.[↗](../../well/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each day they take 50 liters from the well.[↗](../../well/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Well done, you got every answer right\![↗](../../well/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I hope you feel well again soon.[↗](../../well/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Well, I think the answer is twelve.[↗](../../well/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She plays the violin as well as the piano.[↗](../../well/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So far all went on well.[↗](../../well/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I know that he can speak well.[↗](../../well/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../well/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the stone upon the well's mouth was great.[↗](../../well/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../well/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they digged another well, and they strove for that also.[↗](../../well/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../well/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'All is well.[↗](../../well/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.5.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../well/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Then it was well with him.[↗](../../well/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.22.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../well/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · My well-beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill; (Prophets ISA.5.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../well/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/12/) **13** [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/14/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) - ← previous: [page 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/12/) - next →: [page 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/14/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)