well-made

  • 1well-made — /wel mayd /, adj. 1. skillfully built or constructed: a well made sofa. 2. strongly built; well built: sturdy, well made youngsters. [1250 1300; ME] * * * …

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  • 2Well-made play — The well made play (from the French: pièce bien faite ) is a genre of theatre from the nineteenth century, which Eugène Scribe first codified and is thought to have created and which Victorien Sardou developed. By the mid nineteenth century, it… …

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  • 3well-made play — French pièce bien faite Play constructed according to strict technical principles that produce neatness of plot and theatrical effectiveness. The form was developed с 1825 by Eugène Scribe and became dominant on 19th century European and U.S.… …

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  • 4well-made — adjective Properly constructed or manufactured …

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  • 5Well (play) — Well is a play about illness written by and starring Lisa Kron. Well made its world premier at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in New York City in 2004. The play was directed by Leigh Silverman and also starred Jayne Houdyshell as Lisa s mother,… …

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  • 6well — well1 /wel/, adv., adj., compar. better, superl. best, interj., n. adv. 1. in a good or satisfactory manner: Business is going well. 2. thoroughly, carefully, or soundly: to shake well before using; listen well. 3. in a …

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  • 7made — make make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {made} (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To… …

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  • 8made — /mayd/, v. 1. pt. and pp. of make. adj. 2. produced by making, preparing, etc., in a particular way (often used in combination): well made garments. 3. artificially produced: made fur. 4. invented or made up: to tell made stories about oneself. 5 …

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  • 9Well logging — Gamma ray logging Spontaneous potential logging Resistivity logging Density logging Sonic logging Caliper logging Mud logging LWD/MWD v · …

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  • 10Well — Well, n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain. ????. See {Well}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. [1913 Webster] Begin, then,… …

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