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wall en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /wɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /woːl/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /woːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /waːl/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • /wɔl/ (Scotland)
  • /wɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /wɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio SSB

Etymology

From Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, earthwork, rampart, dam, rocky shore, cliff”), from Proto-West Germanic *wall (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Perhaps conflated with waw (“a wall within a house or dwelling, a room partition”), from Middle English wawe, from Old English wāg, wāh (“an interior wall, divider”), see waw. Cognate with North Frisian wal (“wall”), Saterland Frisian Waal (“wall, rampart, mound”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”). More at wallow, walk.

Meanings

  1. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
  2. A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
    • From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away. 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
    • The town wall was surrounded by a moat.
  3. Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
    • […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
    • We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling.  The wind blew against the walls of the tent.
    • Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  4. A point of desperation.
  5. A point of defeat or extinction.
    • They want Abramovich out for obvious reasons, including the optics, and they do not want to send Chelsea to the wall as they consider the club to be of cultural significance to the country. March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:
  6. An impediment to free movement.
    • A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps.
  7. The butterfly Lasiommata megera.
    • Researchers found that 15 of 17 species which commonly live on farmland – including the small tortoiseshell, small skipper and wall butterfly – show declines associated with increasing neonic use. 2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian:
  8. (in-compounds, often) A barrier.
    • a seawall; a firewall
  9. Something with the apparent solidity, opacity, or dimensions of a building wall.
    • a wall of sound; a wall of water; a wall of smoke obscured their view of enemy forces
  10. (figuratively) A means of defence or security.
    • I built a wall between myself and the bullies.
  11. One of the vertical sides of a container.
    • The extraordinary thinness of the walls of these vases, which reminds us of the finest china, or even of Venetian glass 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 60:
  12. A dividing or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
    • The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 4-5:
    • There is definitely some sort of lump on the back wall of my throat (right side). 1982 April 24, Matthew Ross, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
  13. A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
  14. (US, slang) A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.
  15. A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
    • Blackburn were the recipients of another dose of fortune when from another Thomas pass Odemwingie was brought down by Jones inside the penalty area, but referee Mark Clattenburg awarded a free-kick which Chris Brunt slammed into the wall. 2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2-0 West Brom”, in BBC:
  16. (qualifier:roller derby) Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team.
    • It can also be used to maintain the presence of a wall when one of the blockers who makes up the wall is picked off by an opposing blocker attempting to shut down the wall. 2013, Ellen Parnavelas, The Roller Derby Athlete, page 48:
  17. Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode.
  18. (Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
  19. (qualifier:roleplaying games) A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks.
  20. Face-down tiles arranged in stacked rows from which players draw new tiles.
  21. (definite, slang) The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly.
    • At what age would you peg the 'wall' to be for men, on or thereabouts? 2001 February 2, “what a drag it is getting old”, in soc.singles (Usenet):
    • I have never had a problem getting the attention of men. I'm 44 and there's no wall staring me in the face 2001 June 19, “the laws of biomechanics”, in soc.singles (Usenet):
    • As for the wall....Im convinced part of this is just something us guys tell ourselves to 'get back'(in our minds) at all the girls who wouldn't sleep with us 5-10 years ago 2015 July 20, “catcalls are bad”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet):
    • That was only six years later and Natasha is not near the wall yet 2002 January 22, “towards a useful smv metric”, in soc.singles (Usenet):
    • Depreciation of assets happens. Prepare yourself Marla. Get ready for the wall. 1996 December 27, “The Definitive Answer to "Why Nice Guys Finish Last"”, in alt.romance (Usenet):
  22. (historical) The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian; said to be taken or given.
    • All persons, in walking the streets, whose right sides are next the wall, are intitled to take the wall. 1822, The Pamphleteer, page 118:
    • He related to me the following minute anecdote of this period: 'In the last age, when my mother lived in London, there were two sets of people, those who gave the wall, and those who took it; the peaceable and the quarrelsome. […] Now it is fixed that every man keeps to the right; or, if one is taking the wall, another yields it; and it is never a dispute.' 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson:
    • Taking the wall thus was also a social distinction. An entire episode in the second book is therefore dedicated “to whom to give the wall” and “to whom to refuse the wall” (II. 4564). 2017, Catharina Löffler, Walking in the City, page 135:
  23. A very steep slope.

Forms

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Antonyms

sieve

Deriveds

tsunami wall · blue wall · wall clock · accent wall · like talking to a wall · Walls of Jerusalem · four-wall · firewall · wall paper · curtain wall · wallwork · mudwall · tanwall · paper wall · fruit wall · wall of sound · wallure · wall sit · cobwall · wallhacker · hole-in-the-wall · block wall · walls have ears · hit the wall · knee wall · wall time · wallfish · wall flower · stonewall · wallhack · Apartheid Wall · body wall · throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick · wallcrossing · flower wall · softwall · Wallsend · wall table · fifth wall · wall-eyed · sea wall · wall-shade · breakwall · wall railing · cosmic wall · chest wall · Rockwall · harsh noise wall · sidewall · wall cake · wall gecko · wallcrawling · fourth wall · groundwall · retaining wall · Jersey wall · wall of galaxies · wall piece · the handwriting is on the wall · shield wall · wall crawler · wall wart · brick wall · Néel wall · ledger wall · throw spaghetti at the wall · pitwall · wallpepper · hit a brick wall · text wall · wallbox · writing on the wall · nanowall · brick-wall limiter · fourth-wall joke · fourth wall joke · wall chart · throw things at the wall and see what sticks · wag-on-the-wall · spite wall · cell wall · wall rocket · footwall · green wall · stone-wall · wall-kisser · fall of the wall · wallpaper · wall brown · wall tower · glory wall · anterior wall · wallstead · wag-at-the-wall · wall chaser · piss something up the wall · wall-less · throw spaghetti against the wall · pony wall · cookie wall · wall game · beat one's head against a stone wall · office wall · nail someone to the wall · wall lettuce · office-wall · wallcovering · wall-pecker · Trombe wall · climb the walls · domain wall · wall screw-moss · hanging wall · wallside · abdominal wall · city wall · wallplant · front wall · wing wall · outwall · training wall · wallbird · floodwall · wall covering · wallwalk · wallcrawl · piss up a wall · midwall · know someone from a hole in the wall · rat wall · wall board · Stonewall · Heddon-on-the-Wall · wall germander · like speaking to a wall · wall slap · inwall · interwall · highwall · ladder wall · nail Jell-O to a wall · shear wall · back against the wall · living wall · get the wall · wallhanging · run into a brick wall · wall-crawler · handwriting on the wall · forwall · wall bars · wall-sided · unwall · Hassans Walls · dead wall · wall pellitory · wall slam · wall of text · up the wall · stone wall · passwall · forewall · café wall illusion · Great Green Wall · rewall · eyewall · cavity wall · registration wall · warped wall · balls to the wall · the apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest · wallchart · breast wall · waller · maternal wall · paperwall · DonoWall · drive someone up the wall · pushwall · wallboard · town wall · rope wall · wall-mounted · walltop · stare at the wall · walllike · throw one's hat over the wall · wall hanger · shearwall · pellitory of the wall · pick bids off the wall · eastern pellitory-of-the-wall · feature wall · wallwards · curtainwall · cell-wall · wall of shame · wall barley · wall cloud · blue wall of silence · hardwall · multiwall · longwall · party wall · wall fan · off the wall · break the fourth wall · dwarf wall · airwall · wallcrawler · wallward · red wall · tieback wall · wall spring · wall lizard · drone wall · back to the wall · like talking to a brick wall · wall ride · sound wall · wall-painting · wallcreeper · primary cell wall · streetwall · wall-to-wall · login wall · wallhacking · up the walls · bounce off the walls · wall charger · backs to the wall · Great Wall of China · ethical wall · seawall · tribute wall · hot wall · wall kick · stakewall · screen wall · wall hanging · basal wall · drive someone to the wall · endwall · Hadrian's Wall · Spanish wall · secondary cell wall · wallful · Berlin Wall · fourth-wall · dry stone wall · great wall · wallpress · earthwall · house wall · whitewall · pellitory-of-the-wall · wallflower · wallette · adiabatic wall · peace wall · wall of silence · prison wall · wall moss · balls-to-the-wall · house-wall · piss money up the wall · up against the wall · jersey wall · the writing is on the wall · enwall · Bloch wall · wall walk · Chinese wall · wall plate · wall unit · like speaking to a brick wall · power wall · wall plug · wall kisser · storage wall · toe wall · waterwall · thoracic wall · side wall · force someone's back to the wall · galaxy wall · wall gun · climbing wall · wall energy · back wall · dry wall · wall newspaper · off-the-wall · blackwall · Wall Street · go to the wall · headwall · big wall · wall-flower · potwaller · wall jump · wall humping · hit a wall · service wall · paywall · wall angel · wallscreen · drywall · crosswall · wallscape · diaphragm wall · bang one's head against a brick wall · wall socket · talk to a brick wall · storagewall · wallball · wallless · wall-rocket · head wall · wall of death · shortwall · wallstone · fly on the wall

Meronyms

banquette (rampart) · parapet (rampart) · crenellation (rampart) · terreplein (rampart)

Synonyms

chandelier (fictional bidder at an auction) · chandelier · wall brown · profile (personal notice board) · rampart (rampart) · paries

Translations (606)

kqr tobon (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · dlm mor (defensive rampart) · cs stěna (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · lb Wand (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ms dinding (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ht mi (defensive rampart) · yi מויער (defensive rampart) · eu horma (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · gd mùr (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · atv кошпо (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · es murallón (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ca mur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · km ជញ្ជាំង (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ml മതിൽ (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · bo རྩིག་པ (defensive rampart) · sk múr (defensive rampart) · sa भित्ति (defensive rampart) · gd mùr (defensive rampart) · alt стене (defensive rampart) · sl stena (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · fi seinä (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · nl muur (mahjong: face-down tiles) · ky кереге (defensive rampart) · hi दीवार (defensive rampart) · cs zeď (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ca mur (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · fur parêt (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · cs múr (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ab аҭʒамц (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · yi וואַנט (defensive rampart) · th ผนัง (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · alt стене (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · br moger (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ar حيط (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · hi प्राकार (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · pl ściana (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · fy fêstingswâl (defensive rampart) · bgc भींत (defensive rampart) · fa مانِع (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · ga balla (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · ja 牌山 (mahjong: face-down tiles) · ar جِدَار (defensive rampart) · lod dicing (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · vec muro (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · hi रुकावट (defensive rampart) · ar سُور (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · vec mur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · be вал (defensive rampart) · ka კედელი (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · pl mur (defensive rampart) · so derbi (defensive rampart) · la vallum (defensive rampart) · da vejrandøje (butterfly Lasiommata megera) · zh 牆壁 /墙壁 (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · kk қабырға (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · cy ffîn (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · fax muru (defensive rampart) · fur mûr (defensive rampart) · tr duvar (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · el τείχος (defensive rampart) · mel didieng (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sce dan (defensive rampart) · da mur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · zh 牌墙 (mahjong: face-down tiles) · sw ukuta (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fr paroi (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · uz devor (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · mr भिंत (defensive rampart) · tk diwar (defensive rampart) · pdt Schetzel (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · af muur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · bg ивичеста парарге (butterfly Lasiommata megera) · hi भीत (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ar حَائِط (defensive rampart) · sa भित्ति (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · zh чён (defensive rampart) · cs bariéra (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · ab агәар (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · bg зид (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · bg дува́р (defensive rampart) · es casamuro (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · be мур (defensive rampart) · sa बाधा (defensive rampart) · tk diwar (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · pt muralha (defensive rampart) · rup stizmã (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · rm pare (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · yi מויער (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · pt muralha (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · pt barreira (soccer: line of defenders) · alt стене (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · zh чён (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ca paret (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · fi seinä (something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall) · lo ຝາ (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · cy caer (defensive rampart) · bg стена́ (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · rm mir (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · lo ຝາກັ້ນ (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ca mur (defensive rampart) · ug تام (defensive rampart) · qu pirqa (defensive rampart) · as বেৰ (defensive rampart) · gl parede (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · zh 牆壁 /墙壁 (defensive rampart) · ga balla (defensive rampart) · sc muru (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · rm mir (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · cs zeď (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · it parete (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · zh чён (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · hi दीवार (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · mww phab ntsa (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · kea paredi (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · shi agadir (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · th กำแพง (defensive rampart) · ar حيط (defensive rampart) · uz devor (defensive rampart) · bg зид (defensive rampart) · ky стена (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · es tabique (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · el τείχος (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · pa ਕੰਧ (defensive rampart) · ro perete (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · km កំពែង (defensive rampart) · be вал (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fa دیوار (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fi muuri (defensive rampart) · cs stěna (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · fa دیوار (defensive rampart) · crs miray (defensive rampart) · nl wand (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · akl dingding (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · gl muralla (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · sq mur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · gl parede (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · hy պատ (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · sq mur (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · la mūrus (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · rup greb (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ar سور (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · yi וואַנט (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sh зи̑д (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · kk дуал (defensive rampart) · ar جِدَار (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · za bangxciengz (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · atv кошпо (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · lo ຝາ (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · hu fal (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · nb mur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · bg стена́ (defensive rampart) · ro perete (defensive rampart) · fi muuri (barrier) · ang weall (defensive rampart) · ur بادھا (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fr mur (defensive rampart) · za ciengz (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · es muro (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ar طوفة (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · id dinding (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · tr sur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ro mur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fa والاد (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · de Wall (defensive rampart) · et müür (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ga múr (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · rup mur (defensive rampart) · ckb دیوار (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · lt siena (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ota سور (defensive rampart) · ky дубал (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · mr भिंत (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · he חוֹמָה (defensive rampart) · gl barreira (soccer: line of defenders) · tt дивар (defensive rampart) · bn দেওয়াল (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · nb vegg (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · cy mur (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · ru бурогла́зка меге́ра (butterfly Lasiommata megera) · es pared (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · mnc ᡶᠠᠵᡳᡵᠠᠨ (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · cs stěna (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fi näköeste (barrier to vision) · ur رُکاوَٹ (defensive rampart) · rm meir (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · it parete (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · tt дивар (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ne भित्ता (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sh zȋd (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · kmr sûr (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ja(substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ceb paril (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · egy i-in:n-b-inb (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · tet didin (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · la pariēs (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · pap muraya (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sc muru (defensive rampart) · mk ѕид (defensive rampart) · sv vägg (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · sa बाधा (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · kk қабырға (defensive rampart) · ja(mahjong: face-down tiles) · ko(structure built for defense surrounding an area) · lv siena (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · ta சுவர் (defensive rampart) · za bangxciengz (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ko(substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · mk ѕид (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ro zid (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ps باره (defensive rampart) · ga balla (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · pt muro (defensive rampart) · fi seinä (internet: personal notice board) · nn mur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · id tembok (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ga fál (barrier) · oj aasamisag (defensive rampart) · udi бару (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · pl wał (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · it muro (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fr remparts (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ug تام (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · fi muuri (soccer: line of defenders) · nl muur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · cy gwal (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · hi दीवार (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · pa کَندھ (defensive rampart) · sl zid (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · zza bende (defensive rampart) · cy mur (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sh zȋd (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · ba диуар (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · zlw-ocs zábradlo (defensive rampart) · fy ferdigeningswâl (defensive rampart) · mn хана (defensive rampart) · tab цал (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ga donnóg an bhalla (butterfly Lasiommata megera) · ru барье́р (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · atv кошпа (defensive rampart) · pt parede (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sw kuta (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · ast parea (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · is veggur (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · be сцяна́ (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · kmr dîwar (defensive rampart) · lv siena (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sl zid (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · pt baluarte (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · hu fal (defensive rampart) · fo veggur (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · bg дува́р (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sk múr (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · sd ڀِتِ (defensive rampart) · sco wa (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ka კედელი (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · atv кошпо (defensive rampart) · ru стена́ (defensive rampart) · ast muralla (defensive rampart) · mba dingding (defensive rampart) · ru вал (defensive rampart) · ota دیوار (defensive rampart) · shi aɣrab (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ar حيط (defensive rampart) · ru вал (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · lb Mauer (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · pl mur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · et müür (defensive rampart) · my တံတိုင်း (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · da væg (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · gd gàrradh (defensive rampart) · he חוֹמָה (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ru стена́ (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · az barı (defensive rampart) · hi बाधा (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · tt стена (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ru краегла́зка меге́ра (butterfly Lasiommata megera) · ga balla (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · tl padér (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ms dinding (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · ru прегра́да (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · ru сте́нка (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · ky там (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fi valehuutaja (fictional bidder at an auction) · ar سور (defensive rampart) · pt parede (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · bg прегра́да (barrier) · fr mur (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · pdt Scheedunk (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ar حيط (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sc parada (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · nb vegg (defensive rampart) · mr कोशिकावरण (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · bn দেওয়াল (defensive rampart) · th กำแพง (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · pl słup (fictional bidder at an auction) · gl muro (defensive rampart) · az divar (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · mk ѕид (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · lez цал (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · dsb murja (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · it mura (defensive rampart) · tg девор (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · rm meir (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · bg стена́ (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · oc pared (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · it muro (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · eu harresi (defensive rampart) · tk diwar (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · acm حايط (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · bni etutu (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · es muro (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fy wâl (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fr murs (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · pl ściana (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · wa meur (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sv mur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · atv кошпа (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · grc τεῖχος (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ms tembok (defensive rampart) · it vallo (defensive rampart) · ta மதில் (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · zza dês (diq) (defensive rampart) · bal دیوال (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · sw kuta (butterfly Lasiommata megera) · uk вал (defensive rampart) · ps دېوال (defensive rampart) · lo ກຳແພງ (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · cs val (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · sv vägg (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · kix tîu (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · uk стіна́ (defensive rampart) · fi seinämä (something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall) · bg дува́р (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · de Wand (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · brh dívál (defensive rampart) · egy i-m-im-Dr:r-O36 (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · tg девор (defensive rampart) · hi कोशिका (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · nl muur (defensive rampart) · dsb sćěna (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sv vall (defensive rampart) · egy i-m-im-Dr:r-O36 (defensive rampart) · ota سور (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · eu hesi (defensive rampart) · pl mur (soccer: line of defenders) · hy պարիսպ (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fy muorre (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ce пен (defensive rampart) · is múr (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ja(anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · fi seinä (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · ckb شوورە (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ang weall (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · inh пен (defensive rampart) · ar سور (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · gl barreira (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · am ግድግዳ (defensive rampart) · ang weall (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · de Muur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fi seinämä (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · sh зи̑д (defensive rampart) · ln etutu (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · fy wâl (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sw kuta (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · bg стена́ (internet: personal notice board) · ca barrera (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · bg стена́ (soccer: line of defenders) · grc τεῖχος (defensive rampart) · fr paroi (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · es barrera (soccer: line of defenders) · cy mur (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fi valli (defensive rampart) · nb skillevegg (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · fy stêdsmuorre (defensive rampart) · kk дуал (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ca envà (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sk hradba (defensive rampart) · tr sur (defensive rampart) · ru препя́тствие (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · es tabicón (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · kmr dîwar (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · sk stena (defensive rampart) · as দেৱাল (defensive rampart) · ckb دیوار (defensive rampart) · ur بادھا (defensive rampart) · it muraglia (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · sw kuta (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · grc τειχίον (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sl stena (defensive rampart) · atv кошпа (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · esh دیفال (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · pl osadnik megera (butterfly Lasiommata megera) · zh 隔牆 /隔墙 (defensive rampart) · ca paret (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ka კედელი (defensive rampart) · lv mūris (defensive rampart) · akk igārum (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · it muraglia (defensive rampart) · de Mauer (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · de Mauer (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · crh qalav (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · mn туурга (defensive rampart) · bg прегра́да (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · el τοίχωμα (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · ar حيط (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · de Wall (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · esh دیفال (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sw ukuta (defensive rampart) · cs stěna (defensive rampart) · mfe miray (defensive rampart) · rm mür (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ja(defensive rampart) · tt дивар (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ru стена́ (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · fa دیوار (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · oc mur (defensive rampart) · nah tenantli (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · gl muro (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · nn vegg (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · th ฝา (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · es citara (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sk stena (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ky дубал (defensive rampart) · hi बाधा (defensive rampart) · sw ua (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · be сцяна́ (defensive rampart) · ota دیوار (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · be сцяна́ (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · eo vando (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · uz devor (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · sib de (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sh zȋd (defensive rampart) · hi घेराव (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · hy պատ (defensive rampart) · ur دِیوار (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ko(defensive rampart) · fy muorre (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · yai девал (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fi seinä (point of defeat or extinction) · es muralla (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · udm борд (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · es adarve (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · sq mur (defensive rampart) · nb forhindring (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · sk val (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · rm mir (defensive rampart) · evn олдон (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · is veggur (defensive rampart) · uk мур (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · ga múr (defensive rampart) · be мур (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · mnc ᡶᡠ (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · th ผนัง (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · my မြို့ (defensive rampart) · ky кереге (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · grc τείχισμα (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · sh зи̑д (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · sq ledh (defensive rampart) · sk stena (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · lb Mauer (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ru стена́ (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · za ciengz (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · te అడ్డు (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · it barriera (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · et sein (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ar جِدَار (defensive rampart) · pt muro (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · vi tường (defensive rampart) · scn muru (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · fi muuri (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · es muralla (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · gd gàrradh (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · rup mur (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ota دیوار (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · iba dinding (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · kmr dîwar (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ar جُدار (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · de Wand (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) · lv siena (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · pl tablica (internet: personal notice board) · af muur (defensive rampart) · yue 牆 /墙 (defensive rampart) · pt barreira (impediment to free movement — see also barrier) · gl penal (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · uk вал (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · oj aasamisag (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · lb Wall (defensive rampart) · svs didi (defensive rampart) · grc τοῖχος (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · ayl حيط (defensive rampart) · hi भीत (defensive rampart) · id dinding (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) · rm mür (defensive rampart) · pox mauŕo (defensive rampart) · ln efelo (defensive rampart) · qu qincha (structure built for defense surrounding an area) · sco wa (defensive rampart) · de Mauer (soccer: line of defenders) · acm حايط (defensive rampart) · emb siring (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building)

wall en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /wɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /woːl/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /woːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /waːl/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • /wɔl/ (Scotland)
  • /wɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /wɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio SSB

Etymology

From Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, earthwork, rampart, dam, rocky shore, cliff”), from Proto-West Germanic *wall (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Perhaps conflated with waw (“a wall within a house or dwelling, a room partition”), from Middle English wawe, from Old English wāg, wāh (“an interior wall, divider”), see waw. Cognate with North Frisian wal (“wall”), Saterland Frisian Waal (“wall, rampart, mound”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”). More at wallow, walk.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.
    • He walled the study with books.
  2. (slang) To use a wallhack.
  3. (slang, transitive) To wallbang.
    • I walled her. She's low [health].

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
walled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
walled Tense=Past lexicographic
walls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
walling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

wall in (Terms derived from the noun or verb wall) · wall off (Terms derived from the noun or verb wall) · wall up (Terms derived from the noun or verb wall)

Translations (33)

fi muurittaa (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · it murare (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · sw kuta (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · ca emmurallar (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · bg ограждам (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · fr emmurer (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · grc τειχίζω (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · pt murar (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · fi ympäröidä muurilla (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · ga claí (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · ga múr (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · fr entourer (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · sco wa (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · cs zazdít (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · lb zoumaueren (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · es murar (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · cy murio (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · ja 壁を巡らせる (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · hu befalaz (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · pt amurar (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · hu falaz (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · is múra (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · pt amuralhar (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · fi muurata (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · ga balla (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · de vermauern (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · de einmauern (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · fa دور ... دیوار کشیدن (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · sv mura (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · es amurallar (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · de zumauern (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · ca murar (to enclose by surrounding with walls) · lb amaueren (to enclose by surrounding with walls)

wall en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /wɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /woːl/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /woːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /waːl/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • /wɔl/ (Scotland)
  • /wɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /wɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio SSB

Etymology

From Middle English wallen, from Old English weallan (“to bubble, boil”), from Proto-West Germanic *wallan, from Proto-Germanic *wallaną (“to fount, stream, boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“wave”). Cognate with Middle Dutch wallen (“to boil, bubble”), Dutch wellen (“to weld”), German wellen (“to wave, warp”), Danish vælde (“to overwhelm”), Swedish välla (“to gush, weld”). See also well.

Meanings

  1. To boil.
  2. To well, as water; spring.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
walling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
walls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
walled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
walled Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

well · overwhelm

wall en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /wɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /woːl/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /woːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /waːl/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • /wɔl/ (Scotland)
  • /wɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /wɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio SSB

Etymology

From Middle English walle, from Old English *wealla, *weall (“spring”), from Proto-Germanic *wallô, *wallaz (“well, spring”). See above. Cognate with Old Frisian walla (“spring”), Old English wiell (“well”).

Meanings

  1. (dialectal) A spring of water.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
walls Number=Plur lexicographic

wall en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /wɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /woːl/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /woːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /waːl/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • /wɔl/ (Scotland)
  • /wɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /wɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio SSB

Meanings

  1. A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
walls Number=Plur lexicographic

wall en · VERB · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /wɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /woːl/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /woːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /waːl/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • /wɔl/ (Scotland)
  • /wɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /wɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio SSB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
walls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
walling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
walled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
walled Tense=Past lexicographic

wall en · INTJ · etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • /wɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /woːl/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /woːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /waːl/ (Northumbria)
  • (US) audio cot-caught
  • /wɔl/ (Scotland)
  • /wɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /wɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio SSB

Meanings

  1. (US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of well.
    alt of well
    • Wall, they spoke up, 'n' says to her, s'd they, "Why, look a-here, aunty, Wus't his skin, 't was rock?" so s's she, "I guess not." (Well, they spoke up and says to her, said they, "Why look a-here, aunty, was it his skin that was rock [referring to the Apostle Peter]?" So says she, "I guess not.") 1858, Robert Lowell, The New Priest in Conception Bay:
    • Wall, be that as it may, ol' Hosshead was a purty good citizen in his day, an' he shore did make Juneybell toe the mark. 1988, Herbert M. Sutherland, Tall Tales of the Devil's Apron, The Overmountain Press, →ISBN, page 97: