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ALL meanings of welling

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  • noun welling a hole drilled or bored into the earth to obtain water, petroleum, natural gas, brine, or sulfur. 1
  • noun welling a spring or natural source of water. 1
  • noun welling an apparent reservoir or a source of human feelings, emotions, energy, etc.: He was a well of gentleness and courtesy. 1
  • noun welling a container, receptacle, or reservoir for a liquid: the well of ink in a fountain pen. 1
  • noun welling any sunken or deep, enclosed space, as a shaft for air or light, stairs, or an elevator, extending vertically through the floors of a building. 1
  • noun welling Nautical. a part of a weather deck between two superstructures, extending from one side of a vessel to the other. a compartment or enclosure around a ship's pumps to make them easily accessible and protect them from being damaged by the cargo. 1
  • noun welling a hollow compartment, recessed area, or depression for holding a specific item or items, as fish in the bottom of a boat or the retracted wheels of an airplane in flight. 1
  • noun welling any shaft dug or bored into the earth, as for storage space or a mine. 1
  • verb without object welling to rise, spring, or gush, as water, from the earth or some other source (often followed by up, out, or forth): Tears welled up in my eyes. 1
  • verb with object welling to send welling up or forth: a fountain welling its pure water. 1
  • adjective welling like, of, resembling, from, or used in connection with a well. 1
  • noun welling Present participle of well. 1
  • noun welling an instance of surging (emotion) 0
  • noun welling an instance of overflowing (water) 0
  • noun welling an instance of boiling (liquid) 0
  • noun welling an instance of swelling (ocean) 0
  • noun welling The act of something that wells, or issues forth like water. 0
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