wall
To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or wallsTo enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.
» Yesterday a truck hit this wall.
Gestern hat ein Lastwagen diese Mauer gerammt.
Вчера в эту стену врезался грузовик.
Вчора у цю стіну врізалася вантажівка.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.
He walled the study with books.
einmauern, vermauern, zumauern
surround with a wall in order to fortify
(slang)To use a wallhack.
(slang, transitive)To wallbang.
I walled her. She's low [health].
To boil.
To well, as water; spring.
(transitive)To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).
Examples
1854 sentencesYesterday a truck hit this wall.
Вчора у цю стіну врізалася вантажівка. — aandrusiak
ruВчера в эту стену врезался грузовик. — Selena777
deGestern hat ein Lastwagen diese Mauer gerammt. — Yorwba
The map is on the wall.
Мапа вісить на стіні. — deniko
ruКарта висит на стене. — ABChessel
deDie Karte hängt an der Wand. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There's a map on the wall.
На стіні висить мапа. — uaspeaker
ruНа стене висит карта. — Hellerick
deAn der Wand hängt eine Karte. — al_ex_an_der
Tom is sitting on the wall.
Том сидить на стіні. — deniko
ruТом сидит на стене. — Wezel
Look at the picture on the wall.
Подивись на картину на стіні. — deniko
ruПосмотрите на картину на стене. — fjay69
deSchauen Sie auf das Bild an der Wand. — Manfredo
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, earthwork, rampart, dam, rocFrom Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, earthwork, rampart, dam, rocky shore, cliff”), from Proto-West Germanic *wall (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”).
From Middle English wallen, from Old English weallan (“to bubble, boil”), from Proto-West Germanic *wallan, from Proto-Germanic *wallaną (“to fount, stream, boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“wave”).
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Forms
walls, walling, walled, walledPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- on the wall
- against the wall
- painted the walls
- the wall was
- over the wall
- in the wall
- the berlin wall
- wall was painted
- on his wall
- the walls white
- build a wall
- building a wall