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All walled synonyms

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verb walled

  • close β€” When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
  • dam β€” A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake.
  • deadbolt β€” a locking bolt that is turned by the key rather than a spring
  • dike β€” a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
  • fasten β€” to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
  • fence β€” a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
  • jam β€” to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
  • latch β€” a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
  • lock β€” a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.
  • plug β€” an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
  • seal β€” a member of the U.S. Navy’s special operations forces.
  • secure β€” free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
  • trammel β€” Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
  • wall β€” 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.
  • encircle β€” Form a circle around ; surround.
  • bound β€” Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
  • cage β€” A cage is a structure of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
  • circumscribe β€” If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
  • confine β€” To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
  • coop β€” A coop is a cage where you keep small animals or birds such as chickens and rabbits.
  • corral β€” In North America, a corral is a space surrounded by a fence where cattle or horses are kept.
  • defend β€” If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
  • fortify β€” to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
  • girdle β€” a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
  • guard β€” to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • hedge β€” a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
  • hem β€” to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
  • immure β€” to enclose within walls.
  • mew β€” a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
  • pen β€” a female swan.
  • protect β€” to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • rail β€” any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
  • restrict β€” to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
  • surround β€” to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
  • mure β€” Obsolete. a wall.
  • cloister β€” A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.
  • entomb β€” Place (a dead body) in a tomb.
  • imprison β€” to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • incarcerate β€” to imprison; confine.
  • jail β€” a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
  • seclude β€” to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
  • enclose β€” Surround or close off on all sides.
  • circle β€” A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
  • cover β€” If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • encase β€” Enclose or cover in a case or close-fitting surround.
  • encompass β€” Surround and have or hold within.
  • enfold β€” Surround; envelop.
  • enshroud β€” Envelop completely and hide from view.
  • environ β€” Surround; enclose.
  • imbue β€” to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
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