ALL meanings of wall
wall
W w - noun wall A continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land. 1
- noun wall of a room 1
- noun wall continuous surface 1
- noun wall around a city, property 1
- noun wall creating passages 1
- noun wall anatomy: abdominal covering 1
- noun wall obstacle: logistical 1
- transitive verb wall erect a wall 1
- noun wall any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc. 1
- noun wall Usually, walls. a rampart raised for defensive purposes. 1
- noun wall an immaterial or intangible barrier, obstruction, etc., suggesting a wall: a wall of prejudice. 1
- noun wall a wall-like, enclosing part, thing, mass, etc.: a wall of fire; a wall of troops. 1
- noun wall an embankment to prevent flooding, as a levee or sea wall. 1
- noun wall the outermost film or layer of structural material protecting, surrounding, and defining the physical limits of an object: the wall of a blood cell. 1
- noun wall Soccer. a line of defenders standing shoulder to shoulder in an attempt to block a free kick with their bodies. 1
- noun wall Mining. the side of a level or drift. the overhanging or underlying side of a vein; a hanging wall or footwall. 1
- adjective wall of or relating to a wall: wall space. 1
- adjective wall growing against or on a wall: wall plants; wall cress. 1
- adjective wall situated, placed, or installed in or on a wall: wall oven; a wall safe. 1
- verb with object wall to enclose, shut off, divide, protect, border, etc., with or as if with a wall (often followed by in or off): to wall the yard; to wall in the play area; He is walled in by lack of opportunity. 1
- verb with object wall to seal or fill (a doorway or other opening) with a wall: to wall an unused entrance. 1
- verb with object wall to seal or entomb (something or someone) within a wall (usually followed by up): The workmen had walled up the cat quite by mistake. 1
- idioms wall climb (the) walls, Slang. to become tense or frantic: climbing the walls with boredom. 1
- idioms wall drive / push to the wall, to force into a desperate situation; humiliate or ruin completely: Not content with merely winning the match, they used every opportunity to push the inferior team to the wall. 1
- idioms wall go over the wall, Slang. to break out of prison: Roadblocks have been set up in an effort to capture several convicts who went over the wall. 1
- idioms wall go to the wall, to be defeated in a conflict or competition; yield. to fail in business, especially to become bankrupt. to be put aside or forgotten. to take an extreme and determined position or measure: I'd go to the wall to stop him from resigning. 1
- idioms wall hit the wall, (of long-distance runners) to reach a point in a race, usually after 20 miles, when the body's fuels are virtually depleted and willpower becomes crucial to be able to finish. 1
- idioms wall off the wall, Slang. beyond the realm of acceptability or reasonableness: The figure you quoted for doing the work is off the wall. markedly out of the ordinary; eccentric; bizarre: Some of the clothes in the fashion show were too off the wall for the average customer. 1
- idioms wall up against the wall, placed against a wall to be executed by a firing squad. in a crucial or critical position, especially one in which defeat or failure seems imminent: Unless sales improve next month, the company will be up against the wall. 1
- idioms wall up the wall, Slang. into an acutely frantic, frustrated, or irritated state: The constant tension in the office is driving everyone up the wall. 1
- noun wall A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes. 0
- noun wall A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc. 0
- noun wall Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure. 0
- noun wall A point of desperation. 0
- noun wall A point of defeat or extinction. 0
- noun wall An impediment to free movement. 0
- noun wall A type of butterfly (Lasiommata megera). 0
- noun wall (often in combination) A barrier. 0
- noun wall A barrier to vision. 0
- noun wall Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall. 0
- noun wall (anatomy, zoology, botany) A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity. 0
- noun wall (auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. Also called a chandelier. 0
- noun wall (soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal. 0
- noun wall (Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user. 0
- noun wall (chiefly dialectal) A spring of water. 0
- noun wall (nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale. 0
- verb wall To enclose with a wall. 0
- verb wall (with "in") To enclose by surrounding with walls. 0
- verb wall (with "off") To separate with a wall. 0
- verb wall (with "up") To seal with a wall. 0