well (2) — OAT

well2

noun

borehole, spring, waterhole, bore, shaft.

2 it is not a priest's function to be a bottomless well of uncritical forgiveness:

source, supply, wellspring, fount, fountainhead, reservoir, mine, fund, bank, repository, storehouse, treasury.

verb

tears were beginning to well from her eyes:

flow, stream, run, rush, gush, course, roll, cascade, flood, surge, rise, spurt, spout, squirt, jet;

ooze, seep, trickle;

burst, issue, discharge;

spill, overflow, brim over;

rare disembogue.