wel
/wɛl/
wel verb: to transform or change in form, appearance, or state.
Verb
wel (third-person singular simple present wels, present participle welling, simple past and past participle welled)
- To transform or change in form, appearance, or state.
- The system allowed raw data to wel into a finished report.
- To relocate, shift, or transfer from one position to another.
- Please wel those files over to the secure drive.
- To finalize or complete a task before moving to a subsequent action.
- We must wel this milestone before starting the next phase.
- To define, clarify, or establish concrete terms for a concept.
- Let's wel down the project criteria.
Forms of wel
| third-person singular present | wels |
|---|---|
| present participle | welling |
| past participle | welled |
| past | welled |
Words formed from wel
- welment
- wable
- wel through
- wel down
- wel over
Words that rhyme with wel
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- hell
- hotel
- repel
- smell
- cartel
- dell
- pell
- quell
- as well
- au naturel
- dwell
- expel
- fell
- gel
- La Rochelle
- lol
- oversell
- stell
- ABDL
- dispel
- ell
- kell
- knell
- mell
- personnel
- quenelle
- snell
- undersell
- yell
- belle
- death knell
- del
- farewell
- flotel
- foretell
- gazelle
- impel
- mademoiselle
- marcel
- mel
- morell
- Moselle
- motel
- NFL
- overswell
- propel
- pucelle
- rappel
Questions about wel
- What does wel mean?
- Wel means to transform or change in form, appearance, or state.
- What part of speech is wel?
- Wel is a verb.
- How do you pronounce wel?
- Wel is pronounced /wɛl/.
- What is the past tense of wel?
- The past tense of wel is welled.
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