You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for April 28.

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Today’s word is well, spelled w-e-l-l.

well /wel / ●●○ noun [countable]

a deep hole in the ground from which people take water

She lowered her bucket into the well.

an oil well

well (also well up) verb [intransitive] literary

if a liquid wells or wells up, it comes to the surface of something and starts to flow out

I felt tears well up in my eyes.

if a feeling wells or wells up in you, you start to feel it strongly

Anger welled up within him.

Mundell preferred wisdom to well up from the public, intellectuals stepping in to ratify such wisdom and work up the system that the democratic populace desires to function in practice.

— Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, "Mundell Was No Defunct Scribbler," 12 Apr. 2021

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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