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[h=1]wall[/h]
[wawl]
SynonymsExamplesWord Origin
See more synonyms for wall on Thesaurus.comnoun
- 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.
- Usually walls. a rampart raised for defensive purposes.
- an immaterial or intangible barrier, obstruction, etc., suggesting a wall:a wall of prejudice.Explore Dictionary.com
- a wall-like, enclosing part, thing, mass, etc.:a wall of fire; a wall of troops.
- an embankment to prevent flooding, as a levee or sea wall.
- the outermost film or layer of structural material protecting, surrounding, and defining the physical limitsof an object:the wall of a blood cell.
- Soccer . a line of defenders standing shoulder to shoulder in an attempt to block a free kick with theirbodies.
- Mining .
- the side of a level or drift.
- the overhanging or underlying side of a vein; a hanging wall or footwall.
adjective
- of or relating to a wall:wall space.
- growing against or on a wall:wall plants; wall cress.
- situated, placed, or installed in or on a wall:wall oven; a wall safe.
verb (used with object)
- 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.
- to seal or fill (a doorway or other opening) with a wall:to wall an unused entrance.
- to seal or entomb (something or someone) within a wall (usually followed by up):The workmen had walled up the cat quite by mistake.
Idioms
- climb (the) walls , Slang . to become tense or frantic:climbing the walls with boredom.
- 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 thewall.
- 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.
- 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.
- hit the wall , (of long-distance runners) to reach a point in a race, usually after 20 miles, when thebody's fuels are virtually depleted and willpower becomes crucial to be able to finish.
- 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.
- 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.
- up the wall , Slang . into an acutely frantic, frustrated, or irritated state:The constant tension in the office is driving everyone up the wall.
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[h=2]Origin of wall[/h]before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English
w(e)all < Latin
vallum palisade, derivative of
vallus stake,post; see
wale1; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
Related forms
wall-less , adjective
wall-like , adjective
un·wall , verb (used with object)[h=2]Synonyms for wall[/h]
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com2.
battlement,
breastwork,
bulwark,
barrier,
bastion.
5.
dike.
14.
immure.
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
[h=2]Related Words for wall[/h]
bar,
fence,
barrier,
dam,
screen,
surface,
barricade,
embankment,
facade,
side,
block,
restriction,
hurdle,
rampart,
enclosure,
fortification,
stop,
blockade,
bank,
panel
[h=2]Examples from the Web for wall[/h][h=3]Contemporary Examples of wall[/h]
- A Wall Street person should not be allowed to help oversee the Dodd-Frank reforms.
Antonio Weiss Is Not Part of the ProblemSteve Rattner
January 7, 2015
- It reminded me a bit of an alternative take on The Wolf of Wall Street—through the Toni and Candace lens.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s GreatnessMarlow Stern
January 7, 2015
- The Wolf of Wall Street is a dangerous, incendiary work of art.
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December 27, 2014
- “It is not about Crimea, the West wants our skins hanging on the wall ,” he said.
After His Disastrous Annual Press Conference, Putin Needs A HugAnna Nemtsova
December 18, 2014
- Is it on the side of the people or Wall Street and the big banks?
‘Cromnibus’ Passes, But Did Anyone Win?Ben Jacobs
December 12, 2014
[h=3]Historical Examples of wall[/h]
- Percival, with his new air of Wall Street operator, was inclined to hesitate.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
- It's lucky the captain knows nothing of my Wall Street speculations.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
- We'll put it across that corner, and have the couch against that wall .
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
- Take my bridle off the wall , you, Jeff, and throw it at my feet.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
- On the wall opposite the house the name of "Gladstone" is carved.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
British Dictionary definitions for wall[h=2]wall[/h]
noun
- a vertical construction made of stone, brick, wood, etc, with a length and height much greater than itsthickness, used to enclose, divide, or support
- (as modifier )wall hangings Related adjective: mural
- (often plural) a structure or rampart built to protect and surround a position or place for defensivepurposes
- anatomy any lining, membrane, or investing part that encloses or bounds a bodily cavity or structure abdominal wall Technical name: paries Related adjective: parietal
- mountaineering a vertical or almost vertical smooth rock face
- anything that suggests a wall in function or effect a wall of fire ; a wall of prejudice
- bang one's head against a brick wall to try to achieve something impossible
- drive to the wall or push to the wall to force into an awkward situation
- go to the wall to be ruined; collapse financially
- drive up the wall slang to cause to become crazy or furious
- go up the wall slang to become crazy or furious
- have one's back to the wall to be in a very difficult situation
- See off-the-wall
- See wall-to-wall
verb
(tr)
- to protect, provide, or confine with or as if with a wall
- ( often foll by up) to block (an opening) with a wall
- (often foll by in or up) to seal by or within a wall or walls
Derived Forms
walled , adjective
wall-less , adjective
wall-like , adjective[h=2]Word Origin for wall[/h]Old English
weall, from Latin
vallum palisade, from
vallus stake
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for walln.Old English
weall "rampart" (natural as well as man-made), also "defensive fortification around a city, side of a building, interior partition," an Anglo-Frisian and Saxon borrowing (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle LowGerman, Middle Dutch
wal ) from Latin
vallum "wall, rampart, row or line of stakes," apparently a collectiveform of
vallus "stake." Swedish
vall , Danish
val are from Low German.
In this case, English uses one word where many languages have two, e.g. German
Mauer "outer wall of a town, fortress, etc.," used also in reference to the former Berlin Wall, and
wand "partition wall within a building" (cf. the distinction, not always rigorously kept, in Italian
muro /
parete , Irish
mur /
fraig , Lithuanian
muras /
siena , etc.).
Phrase
up the wall "angry, crazy" is from 1951;
off the wall "unorthodox, unconventional" is recorded from1966, American English student slang.
Wall-to-wall (adj.) recorded 1953, of carpeting; metaphoric use(usually disparaging) is from 1967.
v."to enclose in a wall," late Old English
*weallian , from the source of
wall (n.). Related:
Walled ;
walling .
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
wall in Medicine[h=2]wall[/h]
[wôl]
n.
- An investing part enclosing a cavity, chamber, or other anatomical unit.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Idioms and Phrases with wall[h=2]wall[/h]
In addition to the idioms beginning with wall
also see:
- back to the wall
- beat one's head against the wall
- between you and me and the lamppost (four walls)
- climb the walls
- drive someone crazy (up the wall)
- fly on the wall
- go to the wall
- handwriting on the wall
- hole in the wall
- off the wall
- run into a stone wall
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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