verb
Meaning 1
To enclose by surrounding with walls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They had walled in the garden.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
wall in
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verb
Meaning 2
enclose with a wall
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wall up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
Narrower terms: brick in, brick up, brick over
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: emparedar — enclose by surrounding with walls
- Dutch: ommuren — enclose by surrounding with walls
- Egyptian: i-in:n-b-inb-D40 (jnb) — enclose by surrounding with walls
- French: emmurer — enclose by surrounding with walls
- French: murer — enclose by surrounding with walls
- German: ummauern — enclose by surrounding with walls
- Portuguese: emparedar — enclose by surrounding with walls
- Swedish: igenmura — enclose by surrounding with walls