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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)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To transform or change in form, appearance, or state.
    • The system allowed raw data to wel into a finished report.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To relocate, shift, or transfer from one position to another.
    • Please wel those files over to the secure drive.
  3. (transitive) To finalize or complete a task before moving to a subsequent action.
    • We must wel this milestone before starting the next phase.
  4. (transitive) To define, clarify, or establish concrete terms for a concept.
    • Let's wel down the project criteria.

Forms of wel

third-person singular presentwels
present participlewelling
past participlewelled
pastwelled

Words formed from wel

Words that rhyme with wel

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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.

Words near wel in the dictionary

  1. wekeen
  2. wekeens
  3. weki
  4. wekiu bug
  5. wekiu bugs
  6. wel
  7. Welaka
  8. welan
  9. Welaregang
  10. welaway
  11. Welayta

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