<B>welfare, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the condition of being well or doing well; health, happiness, and prosperity. <BR> <I>Ex. My uncle asked about the welfare of everyone in our family.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=welfare work.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>aid provided by the government to poor and needy people; relief. <BR> <I>Ex. [She]had been receiving forty dollars a month in welfare for herself and her four children (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>receiving public financial assistance; being on welfare. <BR> <I>Ex. a welfare client, a welfare mother.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with or designed for the benefit of poor or needy people. <BR> <I>Ex. a government welfare program, federal welfare payments.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>on welfare,</B> </I>receiving aid from the government because of hardship or need; on relief. <BR> <I>Ex. The services and the programs of the city are to help the poor, whether they are actually on welfare or whether they are trying to support a family on the wages earned (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="welfarefund">
<B>welfare fund,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fund to provide benefits for workers, set up by a union from its own dues, or by an employer under terms of the Taft-Hartley Act. </DL>
<A NAME="welfarestate">
<B>welfare state,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a state whose government provides for the welfare of its citizens, especially through social security, unemployment insurance, free medical treatment, and other such programs. </DL>
<B>welfare statism,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition of being a welfare state. <DD><B> 2. </B>the principles and practices of a welfare state. </DL>
<A NAME="welfarestatist">
<B>welfare statist,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a supporter of the principles and practices of a welfare state. adj. <B>welfarestatist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="welfarework">
<B>welfare work,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> work done to improve the conditions of people who need help, carried on by government, private organizations, or individuals. </DL>
<A NAME="welfareworker">
<B>welfare worker,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who does welfare work. </DL>
<A NAME="welfarism">
<B>welfarism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the principles, practices, or condition of a welfare state. <BR> <I>Ex. He was marching ideologically in the spirit of the great wave of welfarism that inundated this state (Newsweek).</I> n., adj. <B>welfarist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="weli">
<B>weli, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> in Moslem countries: <DD><B> 1. </B>a saint or holy man. <DD><B> 2. </B>a tomb or shrine of a saint, commonly a doomed structure. </DL>
<A NAME="welkin">
<B>welkin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) the sky; vault of heaven. </DL>
<A NAME="well">
<B>well</B> (1), adverb, <B>better,</B> <B>best,</B> adjective, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> <B>1. </B>in a satisfactory, favorable, or good manner; all right. <BR> <I>Ex. The job was well done. Is everything going well at school?</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>thoroughly; fully. <BR> <I>Ex. a roast well done. Shake the medicine well before taking it.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to a satisfactory or adequate degree; sufficiently; enough. <BR> <I>Ex. to be well fed.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to a considerable degree; much; considerably. <BR> <I>Ex. The fair brought in well over a hundred dollars.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>in detail; intimately. <BR> <I>Ex. He knew the lesson well.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>fairly; reasonably. <BR> <I>Ex. I couldn't very well refuse to lend him the book. You can't very well argue today in favor of what you were against yesterday.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>good; right; satisfactory. <BR> <I>Ex. All's well. It is well you came along.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>in good health. <BR> <I>Ex. Is he well enough to travel?</I> (SYN) hale, sound, hearty. <DD><B> 3. </B>desirable; advisable. <BR> <I>Ex. It is always well to start a bit early.</I> <DD><I>interj. </I> an expression used to show mild surprise or agreement or just to fill in. <BR> <I>Ex. Well! Well! here she is. Well, I'm not sure.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>as well,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>also; besides. </I> <I>Ex. Marx had to fight the French Blanquists as well, on somewhat similar grounds (Edmund Wilson).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>equally. <BR> <I>Ex. He thought he might as well strive to promote his own needs (J. E. T. Rogers).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>as well as,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>in addition to; besides. </I> <I>Ex. It permits telling others who the actors are, as well as letting actors know a world beyond themselves (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>as much as. <BR> <I>Ex. Thus the Government may understandably regard the US build-up as a source of provocation as well as protection (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>be</B> (or <B>get</B>) <B>well away,</B> </I>(British.) to have made a good start or good progress. <BR> <I>Ex. From the drop [kick] Andrew got well away but Henry pulled him up (Glasgow Herald).</I> </DL>
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<B>well</B> (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a hole dug or shaft bored in the ground to get water, oil, gas, or steam. <BR> <I>Ex. The farmer pumped all his water from a well with a windmill.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a spring, fountain, or other source; fount. <BR> <I>Ex. a well of everlasting love. A scholar is a well of ideas.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>something like a well in shape or use. The reservoir of a fountain pen is a well. <DD><B> 4. </B>a shaft or opening for stairs or an elevator, extending upward through the floors of a building. <DD><B> 5. </B>a compartment around a ship's pumps making them accessible for inspection and maintenance, and protecting them from damage. <DD><B> 6. </B>a storage compartment for fish in the hold of a fishing boat, kept filled with water to keep the catch alive. <DD><B> 7. </B>the space where the solicitors sit in English law courts, directly in front of the judge or judges. <DD><B> 8. </B>the part of a meeting hall where the speaker's rostrum is. <BR> <I>Ex. ... as he spoke from the well of the House (Time).</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>a hollow part in a wing or fuselage of an aircraft into which a wheel of the landing gear is moved when the plane is airborne. <DD><B> 10. </B>(Archaic.) <DD><B> a. </B>a spring (of water). <DD><B> b. </B>a pool fed by a spring. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to spring; rise. <BR> <I>Ex. Water wells from a spring beneath the rock. (Figurative.) Tears welled up in her eyes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to surge, gush, or billow. <BR> <I>Ex. Smoke welled out of the front window.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to send gushing up or pouring forth. <BR> <I>Ex. a spring welling up cool water.</I> </DL>
<B>well-advertised, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> given much advertising or publicity. <BR> <I>Ex. A well-advertised brand recently cut its price ... and doubled sales (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="welladvised">
<B>well-advised, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>prudent; careful; doing the wise or proper thing. <BR> <I>Ex. The inventor was no doubt well-advised in patenting his invention.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>based on wise counsel or careful consideration. <BR> <I>Ex. well-advised plans, a well-advised silence.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="wellappointed">
<B>well-appointed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having good furnishings or equipment. </DL>
<B>well-balanced, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>rightly balanced, adjusted, or regulated. <BR> <I>Ex. A well-balanced diet includes plenty of fruit and vegetables.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) sensible; sane. <BR> <I>Ex. She has a well-balanced outlook on life.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="wellbehaved">
<B>well-behaved, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> showing good manners or conduct. </DL>
<A NAME="wellbeing">
<B>well-being, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> health and happiness; welfare. </DL>
<B>wellborn, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to a good family; of good lineage. </DL>
<A NAME="wellbred">
<B>well-bred, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>well brought up; having or showing good manners; courteous. <DD><B> 2. </B>of good breed or stock. <BR> <I>Ex. well-bred animals.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="wellbuilt">
<B>well-built, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>put together well; solid; sturdy. <BR> <I>Ex. a well-built house.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) having a muscular, shapely, or coordinated build. <BR> <I>Ex. a well-built athlete, a well-built dancer.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="wellcar">
<B>well car,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a railroad flatcar with a depressed center section and additional wheels, for carrying heavy shipment. </DL>
<A NAME="wellchosen">
<B>well-chosen, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> carefully selected (used especially of words). </DL>
<A NAME="wellconnected">
<B>well-connected, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>thought out well; planned carefully. <BR> <I>Ex. a well-connected paragraph.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of good family and connections. </DL>
<A NAME="wellcontent">
<B>well-content, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> highly pleased or satisfied. </DL>
<A NAME="wellcut">
<B>well-cut, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tailored in the proper style or fashion. </DL>
<A NAME="welldeck">
<B>well deck,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an open space on the main deck of a ship, lying at a lower level between the forecastle and poop. </DL>
<A NAME="welldefined">
<B>well-defined, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> rightly, properly, or definitely marked; clearly defined or indicated; distinct. <BR> <I>Ex. well-defined limits, a well-defined style.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="welldesigned">
<B>well-designed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> designed or planned competently; arranged with skill. <BR> <I>Ex. a well-designed building, a well-designed scheme.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="welldeveloped">
<B>well-developed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>developed or worked out well. <BR> <I>Ex. The architect has a well-developed plan for remodeling our house.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>showing good development. <BR> <I>Ex. The athlete had a well-developed body.</I> </DL>
