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wall in
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  wall in - enclose with a wall wall upbrick in, brick over, brick up - wall up with brickinclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
Translationswall in
wall in1. To barricade, imprison, or enclose someone or something inside of some place. Often used in passive constructions. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wall" and "in." It was discovered that the guerillas had been walling in prisoners in the caves that overlook their encampment. Previous owners had walled in a child's bedroom at the back of the house, preserved exactly as it had been used back then.2. To be like or act as a large wall that encircles or surrounds someone or something. Often used in passive constructions. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wall" and "in." Huge redwood trees wall in the tiny village, and they have remained completely cut off from the outside world for hundreds of years. The country is walled in by a vast mountain range.See also: wallwall someone or something into contain someone or something behind or within a wall. (Implies a constriction of space, but not necessarily an inescapable area. See wall something up.) The count walled his prisoner in permanently. Jane decided to wall in the little garden at the side of the house. She walled the garden in.See also: wallwall inv. To enclose, surround, or fortify something with or as if with a wall: We walled in the back stairway so that it couldn't be seen. The soldiers walled the fort in with logs. The valley was walled in by mountains.See also: wallwall in
Related to wall in: The Wall Street JournalSynonyms for wall inverb enclose with a wallSynonymsRelated Words- brick in
- brick over
- brick up
- inclose
- shut in
- close in
- enclose
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