wall up
wall up · walls up · walled up · walling up
ummauern
To seal with a wallTo seal with a wall.
» Tom isn't building a wall. He's putting up a fence.
Tom baut keine Mauer, sondern errichtet einen Zaun.
Meaning
1 sensesTo seal with a wall.
They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.
enclose with a wall
Examples
6 sentencesTom isn't building a wall. He's putting up a fence.
deTom baut keine Mauer, sondern errichtet einen Zaun. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Majestic granite walls rise up around the lake.
ruВокруг озера громоздятся величественные гранитные скалы. — al_ex_an_der
He was painting the walls to brighten up the room.
deEr strich die Wände, um das Zimmer zu verschönern. — al_ex_an_der
Whoever shakes the wall will end up buried beneath it.
Algeria's Green Dam is a wall made up of trees.
Forms
walls up, walling up, walled up, walled up| Base form | wall up · to wall up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | walls up |
| Present participle | walling up |
| Past simple | walled up |
| Past participle | walled up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- enclose with a wall:wall in
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb