wall
v. enclose with a wall; divide with a wall, fill up with a wall (doorway, etc.); seal with a wall; fortify; (Slang) lean or stand or sit or rest against a wall at a social gathering n. side support for buildings; barricade; side; partition adj. of a side support for buildings | ||||
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Wall Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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wall
interj. [WPI] 1. An indication of confusion, usually spoken with a quizzical tone: "Wall??" 2. A request for further explication. Compare octal forty. 3. [Unix, from `write all'] v. To send a message to everyone currently logged in, esp. with the wall(8) utility.
interj. [WPI] 1. An indication of confusion, usually spoken with a quizzical tone: "Wall??" 2. A request for further explication. Compare octal forty. 3. [Unix, from `write all'] v. To send a message to everyone currently logged in, esp. with the wall(8) utility.
It is said that sense 1 came from the idiom `like talking to a blank wall'. It was originally used in situations where, after you had carefully answered a question, the questioner stared at you blankly, clearly having understood nothing that was explained. You would then throw out a "Hello, wall?" to elicit some sort of response from the questioner. Later, confused questioners began voicing "Wall?" themselves.
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Walls
Owner: Both + Yuri
Do I need to explain what a wall is?!
Owner: Both + Yuri
Do I need to explain what a wall is?!
Wall Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Wall
(v. t.)
To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall.
(v. t.)
To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.
(v. t.)
To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.
(n.)
The side of a level or drift.
(n.)
The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
(n.)
An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.
(n.)
A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room.
(n.)
A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
(n.)
A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
(v. t.)
To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall.
(v. t.)
To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.
(v. t.)
To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.
(n.)
The side of a level or drift.
(n.)
The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
(n.)
An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.
(n.)
A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room.
(n.)
A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
(n.)
A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
| WordNet 2.0 |
wall
Noun
1. an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
(hypernym) partition, divider
(hyponym) attic
(part-holonym) building, edifice
(part-meronym) arch, archway
(derivation) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
2. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
(synonym) rampart, bulwark
(hypernym) embankment
(hyponym) Antonine Wall
(part-holonym) fortification, munition
(derivation) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
3. anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect; "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall"
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) footwall
4. a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"
(hypernym) fence, fencing
(hyponym) party wall
(derivation) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
5. (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls"
(synonym) paries
(hypernym) stratum
(hyponym) abdominal wall
(classification) anatomy, general anatomy
6. a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
(hypernym) geological formation, formation
(part-holonym) cave
7. a layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"
(hypernym) layer, bed
8. a difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"
(hypernym) difficulty
Verb
1. surround with a wall in order to fortify
(synonym) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
(hypernym) protect
(hyponym) stockade
(see-also) wall in, wall up
Noun
1. an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
(hypernym) partition, divider
(hyponym) attic
(part-holonym) building, edifice
(part-meronym) arch, archway
(derivation) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
2. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
(synonym) rampart, bulwark
(hypernym) embankment
(hyponym) Antonine Wall
(part-holonym) fortification, munition
(derivation) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
3. anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect; "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall"
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) footwall
4. a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"
(hypernym) fence, fencing
(hyponym) party wall
(derivation) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
5. (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls"
(synonym) paries
(hypernym) stratum
(hyponym) abdominal wall
(classification) anatomy, general anatomy
6. a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
(hypernym) geological formation, formation
(part-holonym) cave
7. a layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"
(hypernym) layer, bed
8. a difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"
(hypernym) difficulty
Verb
1. surround with a wall in order to fortify
(synonym) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
(hypernym) protect
(hyponym) stockade
(see-also) wall in, wall up
| The Phrase Finder |
Balls to the wall
Meaning
Fast - at full throttle.
Origin
Not related to testicles as you might think. Possibly the balls are the knobs on aircraft joy sticks. Pushing them as far as they can go, i.e. against the wall of the plane, caused it to go as fast as possible.
Meaning
Fast - at full throttle.
Origin
Not related to testicles as you might think. Possibly the balls are the knobs on aircraft joy sticks. Pushing them as far as they can go, i.e. against the wall of the plane, caused it to go as fast as possible.
Fly on the wall
Meaning
Someone who observes a situation without being noticed.
Origin
Originated with and most often used in relation to 'fly on the wall documentaries' which are films of real life situations made without affecting the behaviour of the participants.
The writing is on the wall
Meaning
An unavoidable disaster is foretold.
Origin
From The Bible. Daniel 5.5. In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
| Australian Slang |
Backs to the wall
homophobic catch-phrase used to supposedly warn men that a particular male is homosexual
homophobic catch-phrase used to supposedly warn men that a particular male is homosexual
Bet on two flies walking up the wall
to be a compulsive gambler
Could not train a choko vine to grow up a dunny wall
catch-phrase denoting a person's stupidity and uselessness (choko vine was once ubiquitous to Australian backyards, they were especially popular during the depression as they took little if any looking after (except perhaps for cutting back) and thus provided a cheap source of food; a tenacious and quick-growing plant it commonly spread from its source over and along fences, trellises, sheds, carports, and, naturally, outside dunnies)
Off-the-wall
bizarre; unusual
| hEnglish - advanced version |
wall
wall
\wall\ (?), n. [as. weall, from l. vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to gr. &?; a nail. cf. interval.]
1. a work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. the plaster of the wall of the king's palace. v. 5.
2. a defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense. the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. xiv. 22. in such a night, troilus, methinks, mounted the troyan walls. to rush undaunted to defend the walls.
3. an inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.
4. (mining) (a) the side of a level or drift. (b) the country rock bounding a vein laterally. mond.
note: wall is often used adjectively, and also in the formation of compounds, usually of obvious signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.
similar words(79)
wall hanging
wall fern
retain wall
wall lizard
wall gecko
wall up
wall rue
foot wall
wall rue spleenwort
wall panel
wall street
wall creeper
wall socket
wall plate
retaining wall
wall follower
wall plug
to take the wall
wall rock
western wall flower
wall wasp
wall louse
wall fruit
choir wall
wall time
the handwriting on the wall
wall cress
wall frame
wall unit
nailed to the wall
wall-eyed perch
wall in
wall gillyflower
wall spring
wall clock
wall st
wall painting
gable wall
lich wall
dead wall
party wall
ledger wall
wall-less
wall pennywort
wall moss
wall-eyed herring
wall-eyed
wall clock time
wall newt
wall-plat
wailing wall
to drive to the wall
wall-sided
pellitory-of-the-wall
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wall
\wall\ (?), n. [as. weall, from l. vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to gr. &?; a nail. cf. interval.]
1. a work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. the plaster of the wall of the king's palace. v. 5.
2. a defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense. the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. xiv. 22. in such a night, troilus, methinks, mounted the troyan walls. to rush undaunted to defend the walls.
3. an inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.
4. (mining) (a) the side of a level or drift. (b) the country rock bounding a vein laterally. mond.
note: wall is often used adjectively, and also in the formation of compounds, usually of obvious signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.
similar words(79)
wall hanging
wall fern
retain wall
wall lizard
wall gecko
wall up
wall rue
foot wall
wall rue spleenwort
wall panel
wall street
wall creeper
wall socket
wall plate
retaining wall
wall follower
wall plug
to take the wall
wall rock
western wall flower
wall wasp
wall louse
wall fruit
choir wall
wall time
the handwriting on the wall
wall cress
wall frame
wall unit
nailed to the wall
wall-eyed perch
wall in
wall gillyflower
wall spring
wall clock
wall st
wall painting
gable wall
lich wall
dead wall
party wall
ledger wall
wall-less
wall pennywort
wall moss
wall-eyed herring
wall-eyed
wall clock time
wall newt
wall-plat
wailing wall
to drive to the wall
wall-sided
pellitory-of-the-wall
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dwarf wall
american wall fern
bridge wall
flint wall
hot wall
wall tent
wall rocket
wall box
larry wall
wall pepper
blind wall
to go to the wall
wall pie
wall barley
wall piece
wall germander
lift wall
wall paper
blank wall
wall knot
hanging wall
wall pellitory
bowlder wall
wall-eye
long wall
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
wall
balla, falla
enclosing wall: caiseal
balla, falla
enclosing wall: caiseal
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Caer
Caer = n. a fort; a wall; a city
Caer = n. a fort; a wall; a city
Caeru
Caeru = v. to wall, to fortify
Clawdd
Clawdd = n. dike, ditch, pit; fence or hedge, wall
Gwal
Gwal = n. a couch; an inhabited region; a plat; a fallow; rampart, a wall
Gwalio
Gwalio = v. to wall, to fence
Magwyr
Magwyr = n. an enclosure, a wall; a building; a house
Magwyren
Magwyren = n. a wall of a building
Magwyro
Magwyro = v. to wall; to enclose
Mur
Mur = n. what is firm; a wall, a. firm, fixed, established
Pared
Pared = n. a partition wall
Wyl
Wyl = n. a flow, a gush; a wall
Wall Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| UK Post Codes and Counties |
Wall
County: Northumberland
Post Code: NE46
County: Northumberland
Post Code: NE46
| US Zip Codes |
07719
State: NEW JERSEY
City: WALL
State: NEW JERSEY
City: WALL
15148
State: PENNSYLVANIA
City: WALL
57790
State: SOUTH DAKOTA
City: WALL
76957
State: TEXAS
City: WALL
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WALL SA
SA -34.9658 139.32191 5238
SA -34.9658 139.32191 5238
Wall Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Easton's Bible Dictionary |
Wall
Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled villages" (Ezek. 38:11; Lev. 25:29-34). They were made thick and strong (Num. 13:28; Deut. 3:5). Among the Jews walls were built of stone, some of those in the temple being of great size (1 Kings 6:7; 7:9-12; 20:30; Mark 13:1, 2). The term is used metaphorically of security and safety (Isa. 26:1; 60:18; Rev. 21:12-20). (See FENCE.)
Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled villages" (Ezek. 38:11; Lev. 25:29-34). They were made thick and strong (Num. 13:28; Deut. 3:5). Among the Jews walls were built of stone, some of those in the temple being of great size (1 Kings 6:7; 7:9-12; 20:30; Mark 13:1, 2). The term is used metaphorically of security and safety (Isa. 26:1; 60:18; Rev. 21:12-20). (See FENCE.)
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Cyrene
a wall; coldness; the floor
a wall; coldness; the floor
Geder
Gederah, Gederoth, a wall
Hamath
anger; heat; a wall
Hamath-zobah
the heat, or the wall, of an army
Kir
a city; wall; meeting
Shur
wall; ox; that beholds
Wall Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
wall
(of a house) paries parietis
(of a house) paries parietis
Wall Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Wall
temok
temok
| English - Klingon |
wall
n. tlhoy'
n. yergho - wall of a city
n. tlhoy'
n. yergho - wall of a city
exterior wall
n. reD
| Phobia |
Clithrophobia
Fear of being enclosed
Also known as Cleithrophobia
Fear of being enclosed
Also known as Cleithrophobia
| Dream Symbols |
Wall
Heart, circulatory system, emotions
Heart, circulatory system, emotions
Wall Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Dictionary Soccer |
Wall
A line of 2 to 5 defending players pressed together shoulder-to-shoulder to protect their goal against a close free kick; creates a more difficult shot by reducing the amount of open goal area the kicker has to shoot at.
A line of 2 to 5 defending players pressed together shoulder-to-shoulder to protect their goal against a close free kick; creates a more difficult shot by reducing the amount of open goal area the kicker has to shoot at.
Wall pass
Give and go pass, or interpassing between two attacking players, where the player acting as the wall plays the ball first time and off at a similar angle at which the ball was received. The pass is usually made behind an opponent.
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Wall Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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WSDI
WALL STREET DELI INC
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WALL STREET DELI INC
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WSST
WALL STREET STRATEGIES
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Wall Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
WALL
WALL is a radio station licenced to Middletown, New York that serves Orange County, New York. WALL is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts in 1340 kHz with 1 kilowatt daytime and nighttime, both nondirectional.
WALL simulcasts the Radio Disney programming of sister station 1390 WEOK in Poughkeepsie, a simulcast where WALL actually gets top billing based on numerical order. The simulcast with WEOK has been in place since 1999 and has lasted through three format changes.
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Wall
A 'wall' is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area. Most commonly, a wall delineates a building and supports its superstructure, separates space in buildings into rooms, or protects or delineates a space in the open air. There are three principal types of structural walls: building walls, exterior boundary walls, and retaining walls.
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Israeli West Bank barrier
The Israeli West Bank barrier is a separation barrier being constructed by Israel consisting of a network of fences with vehicle-barrier trenches surrounded by an on average 60 meters wide exclusion area (90%) and up to 8 meters high concrete walls (10%). It is located mainly within the West Bank, partly along the 1949 Armistice line, or "Green Line" between Israel and Jordan which now demarcates the West Bank. As of April 2006 the length of the barrier as approved by the Israeli government is 703 kilometers (436 miles) long. Approximately 58.04% has been constructed, 8.96% is under construction, and construction has not yet begun on 33% of the barrier. The Jerusalem Post reported in July, 2007 that the barrier may not be fully constructed until 2010, seven years after it was originally supposed to be completed.
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Nathaniel Wallich
Born in Copenhagen, in 1806 and was born as Nathan ben Wulff. His father Wulff ben Wallich (or Wolff Wallich) was a merchant who settled in Denmark and came from Altona near Hamburg late in the 18th century. He later adopted the more name Nathan Wallich, and as an adult Nathaniel. Wallich obtained the diploma of the Royal Academy of Surgeons at Copenhagen and at the end of the year was appointed as Surgeon in the Danish settlement at Serampore, then known as Frederischnagor in Bengal. He also studied botany with Martin Vahl. He sailed for India in April 1807 via the African cape and arrived at Serampore the following November.
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