Meaning of wall | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
2. A spring of water.
   dialectal
3. A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.
4. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
5. the Berlin Wall.
   slang
6. A Chinese constellation located near Pegasus and Andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
7. wall, especially of a house or room
8. Into a state of extreme frustration, anger, or distress: tensions that are driving me up the wall.
9. A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
10. A place in England:
    countable, uncountable
11. A village in Gwinear-Gwithian parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6036).
    countable, uncountable
12. the Trump Wall.
    slang
13. An ominous indication of the course of future events: saw the writing on the wall and fled the country.
14. A village and civil parish in south Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9169); part of Hadrian's Wall is in the parish.
    countable, uncountable
15. Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
16. the Great Wall of China.
    slang
17. Line-up of defending players between the ball and the goal to block a free kick at goal. All opponents must be at least 29.5 ft from the ball.
18. A village and civil parish in the City of Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0906).
    countable, uncountable
19. A point of desperation.
20. (often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall. We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out. ommuur يُحيط بِجِدار заграждам murar obezdít ummauern omgive med en mur περιτοιχίζω, περιτειχίζω / (εν)τοιχίζω amurallar müüriga ümbritsema ديوار كشيدن ympäröidä seinillä entourer d'un mur לְהַקִיף בְּחוֹמָה दीवार से घेरना zatvoriti zidom fallal körülvesz menembok girða af (með vegg) murare, 塀で囲む 벽으로 둘러싸다 aptverti uzcelt/uzmūrēt sienu menyekat dengan tembok ommuren lage mur ...
    often with
21. A place in the United States:
    countable, uncountable
22. A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
    countable, uncountable
23. A point of defeat or extinction.
24. a walled city. ommuur مُحاط بِسور зидан murado obehnaný hradbami ummauert omgivet af en mur περιτειχισμένος amurallado, fortificado; tapiado müüriga ümbritsetud محصور muurien ympäröimä fortifié, entouré d'un mur מוּקַף חוֹמָה पुराना शहर opasan zidom fallal körülvett bertembok víggirtur, sem er með varnarmúr murato 城壁のある 성벽으로 둘러싸인 apjuostas siena, aptvertas apjozt ar sienu/mūri bertembok ommuurd befestet otoczony murem murado fortificat, înconjurat cu ziduri обнесённый стеной obohnaný hradbami...
25. A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
    countable, uncountable
26. An impediment to free movement.
27. having (a certain type or number of) wall(s). a high-walled garden. ommuurde مُحاط بِسور -стенен com muros (altos, etc.) s ... zdmi ...-ummauert -muret που έχει συγκεκριμένο τύπο τοίχων de paredes/muros... -müüriline ديوار شده -seinäinen à (...) mur(s) מְגוּדַר दीवार से घिरा omeđen zidovima (-)falú bertembok með tiltekinni gerð af vegg dalle mura (...) －壁の 벽이 있는 aptvertas, -sienis ar (kādu) sienu/mūri apjozts banyak bertembok met ... muren med (...) mur/vegg o ... murze, o ... ścianach com mu...
28. A town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
    countable, uncountable
29. The butterfly Lasiommata megera.
30. paper used to decorate interior walls of houses etc. My wife wants to put wallpaper on the walls but I would rather paint them. muurpapier وَرَق جُدْران тапет papel de parede tapety die Tapete tapet ταπετσαρία τοίχου papel pintado tapeet كاغذ ديواري tapetti papier peint טַפֵּט अंदरूनी दीवार की सजावट का कागज tapete tapéta kertas dinding veggfóður carta da parati 壁紙 벽지 sienų apmušalai, tapetai tapetes kertas hias dinding behangtapettapetapapel de parede tapet обои tapeta tapeta tapete tapet กระ...
    etc
31. An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
32. A barrier.
    in-compounds, often
33. to put such paper on. I have wallpapered the front room. muurpapier opsit/aansit/plak يَكْسو بِوَرَق الجُدْران слагам тапети pôr papel de parede (vy)tapetovat tapezieren tapetsere καλύπτω με χαρτί ταπετσαρίας empapelar tapeetima كاغذ ديواري كردن tapetoida tapisser לְצַפּות קיר בְּטַפֵּטִים अंदरूनी दीवार की सजावट के लिए कागज लगाना oblijepiti tapetama tapétáz memasang kertas dinding veggfóðra (mettere la carta da parati) 壁紙をはる 벽지를 바르다 (iš)klijuoti apmušalais, (iš)tapetuoti izlīmēt tapetes menam...
34. Something with the apparent solidity, opacity, or dimensions of a building wall.
35. (of a carpet etc) covering the entire floor of a room etc. volvloeragtig من الحائِط إلى الحائِط от край до край de parede a parede celopodlahový, ode zdi ke zdi von Wand zu Wand væg-til-væg- από τοίχο σε τοίχο de pared a pared; moqueta ülepõranda-, vaipkate سرتاسر دیوار یا زمین kokolattia- moquette מְקִיר לְקִיר समूचा कमरा od zida do zida faltól falig (szőnyeg) meliputi seluruh lantai horn í horn (da parete a parete) 敷きつめの 마루에 빽빽히 찬 per visą kambarį no sienas līdz sienai; pa visu telpu dari d...
    etc
36. A means of defence or security.
    figuratively
37. to be in a desperate situation. The army in the south have their backs to the wall, and are fighting a losing battle. in die nou gedryf يكونُ ظَهْرُه إلى الحائِط، يكونُ في وَضْعٍ يائِس، وضْعٍ يَسْتَحيلُ فيه الفَرار притиснат съм до стената estar em apuros být v koncích in die Enge getrieben sein stå med ryggen mod muren είμαι στριμωγμένος, βρίσκομαι σε αδιέξοδο estar/encontrarse entre la espada y la pared lootusetus seisus olema ناچار بودن olla selkä seinää vasten avoir le dos au mur עִם הַגַ...
38. One of the vertical sides of a container.
39. A dividing or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
40. A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
41. A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.
    US, slang
42. A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
43. Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team.
44. Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode.
45. A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
    Internet
46. A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks.
47. Face-down tiles arranged in stacked rows from which players draw new tiles.
48. The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly.
    definite, slang
49. The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian; said to be taken or given.
    historical
50. A very steep slope.

Equivalents

Examples

“The town wall was surrounded by a moat.”

“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.”

“We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling.  The wind blew against the walls of the tent.”

“[…] 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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps.”

“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.”

“a seawall; a firewall”

“a wall of sound; a wall of water; a wall of smoke obscured their view of enemy forces”

“I built a wall between myself and the bullies.”

“The extraordinary thinness of the walls of these vases, which reminds us of the finest china, or even of Venetian glass”

“There is definitely some sort of lump on the back wall of my throat (right side).”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Depreciation of assets happens. Prepare yourself Marla. Get ready for the wall.”

“At what age would you peg the 'wall' to be for men, on or thereabouts?”

“I have never had a problem getting the attention of men. I'm 44 and there's no wall staring me in the face”

“That was only six years later and Natasha is not near the wall yet”

“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”

“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.'”

“All persons, in walking the streets, whose right sides are next the wall, are intitled to take the wall.”

“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).”

“Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Wall taught karate at a local nursing home.”

“The new yearbooks at Wall Township High School in Wall, New Jersey – with the original, unaltered photos – will be available for students to pick up in about two weeks, Cheryl Dyer, the superintendent of Wall Township schools, said in a letter to students and parents.”

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