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Noun well has 5 senses

well - a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
--₁ is a kind of writer, author; excavation, hole in the ground; writer, author; excavation, hole in the ground
--₁ has particulars:
artesian well; driven well, tube well; gas well; oil well, oiler; sump
well - a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
--₂ is a kind of vessel; vessel
--₂ has particulars: inkwell, inkstand
well, wellspring, fountainhead - an abundant source; "she was a well of information"
--₃ is a kind of source; source
well - an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
--₄ is a kind of shaft; shaft
--₄ has particulars: stairwell
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
--₅ is a kind of compartment; compartment
--₅ has particulars: bilge well; pump well

Verb well has 1 sense

well, swell - come up; "Tears well in her eyes"
--₁ is one way to surface, come up, rise up, rise
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP