Wells

[ welz ]

noun

1. Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
2. H(erbert) G(eorge), 1866–1946, English novelist and historian.
3. Horace, 1815–48, U.S. dentist: pioneered use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic.
4. Ida Bell Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, 1862–1931, U.S. journalist and civil rights leader.
5. a historic town in eastern Somersetshire, in southwestern England: known for its cathedral.

Wells

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/ wɛlz /

noun

1. a city in SW England, in Somerset: 12th-century cathedral. Pop: 10 406 (2001)

Wells

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/ wɛlz /

noun

1. WellsHenry18051878MUSBUSINESS: businessman Henry. 1805–78, US businessman, who founded (1852) with William Fargo the express mail service Wells, Fargo and Company
2. WellsH(erbert)G(eorge)18661946MBritishWRITING: writer H ( erbert ) G ( eorge ). 1866–1946, British writer. His science-fiction stories include The Time Machine (1895), War of the Worlds (1898), and The Shape of Things to Come (1933). His novels on contemporary social questions, such as Kipps (1905), Tono-Bungay (1909), and Ann Veronica (1909), affected the opinions of his day. His nonfiction works include The Outline of History (1920)

Example Sentences

Wells has been a full-time camper for the last 12 years, and is the founder of the website Cheap RV Living, where he shares resources on how to live on the road.

From Time

Wells had many regulars who came just for the bar and for what he describes as its cast of characters.

From Eater

Asking customers to wear theirs not only dramatically affected Wells’s tips, but, he says, had the potential to escalate into a dangerous situation.

From Eater

Wells said typically about 35 percent of businesses in San Ysidro generate their net gain in that period.

From Voice of San Diego

Wells said he expects the Christmas season to bring in about a third of the economic value it normally does.

From Voice of San Diego

Apple, PetSmart, Wells Fargo, Marriott, and Delta also spoke out.

From The Daily Beast

That can happen, according to the report, when (flammable) methane leaks out of fracking wells and into drinking water.

From The Daily Beast

The bailout crybabies of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and all the rest are easy targets—and deserving ones, too.

From The Daily Beast

Wright approved one of the wells after the operator agreed to bring it into compliance, according to the letter.

From The Daily Beast

Kocurek became especially frustrated with a commercial waste facility in Jim Wells County.

From The Daily Beast

In his days the wells of water flowed out, and they were filled as the sea above measure.

From Project Gutenberg

There was the usual massacre, but this time the trees were cut down and the wells choked up.

From Project Gutenberg

In all our search we found no water, but old wells on the sandy bays.

From Project Gutenberg

Her black eyes looked like wells of sentiment, and her body a mould for a new race of men.

From Project Gutenberg

Its name is taken from the natural wells still found in the garden of the Bishop's palace.

From Project Gutenberg