Crossword clues for welled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Well \Well\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Welled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Welling.] [OE. wellen, AS. wyllan, wellan, fr. weallan;
akin to OFries. walla, OS. & OHG. wallan, G. wallen, Icel.
vella, G. welle, wave, OHG. wella, walm, AS. wylm; cf. L.
volvere to roll, Gr. ? to inwrap, ? to roll. Cf. Voluble,
Wallop to boil, Wallow, Weld of metal.]
To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
``[Blood] welled from out the wound.''
--Dryden. ``[Yon
spring] wells softly forth.''
--Bryant.
From his two springs in Gojam's sunny realm,
Pure welling out, he through the lucid lake
Of fair Dambea rolls his infant streams.
--Thomson.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: well)
Usage examples of "welled".
At the time I certainly meant to keep to my oath, but that which destiny had in store for me could not be reconciled with these promises which welled forth from my soul in a moment of excitement.
He looked like a figure of Thor as his untrembling arm rose and fell, driving deeper and deeper the mercy-bearing stake, whilst the blood from the pierced heart welled and spurted up around it.
With every bump spunk welled from her nostrils and flowed over her cheekbones to the floor.
With a cry of pleasure he sprang toward me and threw his arms about my neck, and for a brief moment as I held my boy close to me the tears welled to my eyes and I was like to have choked after the manner of some maudlin fool--but I do not regret it, nor am I ashamed.
As the terrible picture forced itself vividly across my imagination, I buried my face in my arms, and only with the greatest difficulty was it that I repressed the tears that welled to my eyes despite my every effort.
The loneliness of my position, the hopelessness of my venture, welled up in my heart after that good comradeship, and when the hut was out of sight I went forward down the green grass road, chin on chest, for twenty minutes in the deepest dejection.
A tide of long-forgotten girlhood welled up in her heart, and she laughed as she floated off on it past the astonished eyes of Miss Triscoe and Burnamy.
A longing for New York welled up his heart, which was perhaps really a wish to be at work again.
As one of the generals ran out into the piercing rain, a strange sound welled up from the surrounding area.
Nene for some time, and the desire to catch just a glimpse of her under the summer moon, there and then, welled up in his chest.
As soon as heard the news, he felt an incredible surge of relief, and an indescribable joy welled up inside of him.
Most of the pain of confronting his difficulties welled up in an unconscious sigh of grief and he wondered: Are there other men in this world so difficult to understand?
When tenderness for him welled up in her like the milk that rushed unbidden to her breasts?
The blood had mostly clotted, but fresh drops welled up from the deepest puncture, rolling down his finger to drip on the floor.
The darfsteller, the undirectable portrayer whose acting welled from unconscious sources with no external strings-directors were inclined to hate them, even when the portrayal was superb.