1.  wall(n = noun.artifact) - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
is a kind of divider, partition
is a part of building, edifice, hall, hallway, room
has parts: arch, archway, capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher, course, row, door, doorway, room access, threshold, cope, coping, header, pane, paneling, panelling, pier, dado, wainscot, wall panel
has particulars: attic, bearing wall, cavity wall, chimney breast, firewall, gable, gable end, gable wall, parapet, proscenium, proscenium wall, sidewall, wainscoting, wainscotting, wailing wall, hadrian's wall
Derived form verb wall₁

2.  wall(n = noun.object) - anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect; "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall"
is a kind of object, physical object
has particulars: footwall, hanging wall

3.  wall(n = noun.body) paries - (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls"
is a kind of stratum
has particulars: abdominal wall

4.  wall(n = noun.state) - a difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"
is a kind of difficulty

5.  wall(n = noun.object) - a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain);
is a kind of formation, geological formation
is a part of cave

6.  wall(n = noun.artifact) - a layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"
is a kind of bed, layer

7.  wall(n = noun.artifact) - a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"
is a kind of fence, fencing
has particulars: party wall, retaining wall
Derived form verb wall₁

8.  wall(n = noun.artifact) bulwark, rampart - an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
is a kind of embankment
is a part of fortification, munition
has particulars: bailey, battlement, crenelation, crenellation, earthwork, fraise, merlon
Derived form verb wall₁

   wall(v = verb.competition) fence, fence in, palisade, surround - surround with a wall in order to fortify;
is one way to protect
Derived forms noun wall₈, noun wall₁, noun wall₇
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale. [1913 Webster]

1.  A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. [1913 Webster]
"The plaster of the wall of the King's palace." [1913 Webster]

2.  A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense. [1913 Webster]
"The waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left." [1913 Webster]
"In such a night,
Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troyan walls." [1913 Webster]
"To rush undaunted to defend the walls." [1913 Webster]

3.  An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder. [1913 Webster]

4.  The side of a level or drift. Raymond. [1913 Webster]
" Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the formation of compounds, usually of obvious signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc." [1913 Webster]

1.  To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"The king of Thebes, Amphion,
That with his singing walled that city." [1913 Webster]

2.  To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify. [1913 Webster]
"The terror of his name that walls us in." [1913 Webster]

3.  To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway. [1913 Webster]

wall, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a continuous and usu. vertical structure of usu. brick or stone, having little width in proportion to its length and height and esp. enclosing, protecting, or dividing a space or supporting a roof. b the surface of a wall, esp. inside a room (hung the picture on the wall).
2 anything like a wall in appearance or effect, esp.: a the steep side of a mountain. b a protection or obstacle (a wall of steel bayonets; a wall of indifference). c Anat. the outermost layer or enclosing membrane etc. of an organ, structure, etc. d the outermost part of a hollow structure (stomach wall). e Mining rock enclosing a lode or seam.
--v.tr.
1 (esp. as walled adj.) surround or protect with a wall (walled garden).
2 a (usu. foll. by up, off) block or seal (a space etc.) with a wall. b (foll. by up) enclose (a person) within a sealed space (walled them up in the dungeon).

Idiom:
go to the wall be defeated or pushed aside. off the wall US sl. unorthodox, unconventional. up the wall colloq. crazy or furious (went up the wall when he heard). wall bar one of a set of parallel bars, attached to the wall of a gymnasium, on which exercises are performed. wall-barley wild barley as a weed. wall-board a type of wall-covering made from wood pulp etc. wall cress = ARABIS. wall-fern an evergreen polypody, Polypodium vulgare, with very large leaves. wall-fruit fruit grown on trees trained against a wall for protection and warmth. wall game Brit. a form of football played at Eton. wall-knot = wale-knot. wall-painting a mural or fresco. wall pepper a succulent stonecrop, Sedum acre, with a pungent taste. wall-plate timber laid in or on a wall to distribute the pressure of a girder etc. wall rocket see ROCKET(2). wall rue a small fern, Adiantum ruta-muraria, with leaves like rue, growing on walls and rocks. walls have ears it is unsafe to speak openly, as there may be eavesdroppers. wall-to-wall
1 (of a carpet) fitted to cover a whole room etc.
2 colloq. profuse, ubiquitous (wall-to-wall pop music).

Derivative:
walling n. wall-less adj.

Etymology:
OE f. L vallum rampart f. vallus stake

N  refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness, acropolis, keep, last resort, ward, prison, asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute, almshouse, hiding place, sanctum sanctorum, roadstead, anchorage, breakwater, mole, port, haven, harbor, harbor of refuge, seaport, pier, jetty, embankment, quay, covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella, barrier, dashboard, dasher, wall, fort, anchor, kedge, grapnel, grappling iron, sheet anchor, killick, mainstay, support, cheek, ballast, jury mast, vent-peg, safety valve, blow-off valve, safety lamp, lightning rod, lightning conductor, safety belt, airbag, seat belt, antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires, means of escape, lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket, parachute, plank, steppingstone, emergency landing, safeguard, any port in a storm, bibere venenum in auro, valet anchora virtus.

N  hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.

N  prison, prison house, jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold, round house, watch house, station house, sponging house, station, house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound, inclosure, isolation (exclusion), penal settlement, penal colony, bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod, calaboose, chauki, choky, thana, workhouse, Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea, King's Bench, Queen's Bench, bond, bandage, irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples, vice, vise, yoke, collar, halter, harness, muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle, rein, reins, bearing rein, martingale, leading string, tether, picket, band, guy, chain, cord, cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons, bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall, paling, palisade, fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence, barrier, barricade, drag.

N  verticality, erectness, perpendicularity, right angle, normal, azimuth circle, wall, precipice, cliff, elevation, erection, square, plumb line, plummet, vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular, plumb, normal, straight, bolt, upright, rampant, standing up, rectangular, orthogonal, vertically, up, on end, up on end, right on end, a plomb, endwise, one one's legs, at right angles.

N  lining, inner coating, coating, stalactite, stalagmite, filling, stuffing, wadding, padding, wainscot, parietes, wall, lined.

N  inclosure, envelope, case, wrapper, girdle, pen, fold, pen fold, in fold, sheep fold, paddock, pound, corral, yard, net, seine net, wall, hedge, hedge row, espalier, fence, pale, paling, balustrade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling, circumvallation, enceinte, ring fence, barrier, barricade, gate, gateway, bent, dingle, door, hatch, cordon, prison, dike, dyke, ditch, fosse, moat.

abdominal wall, american wall fern, antonine wall, bearing wall, blank wall, blue wall, blue wall of silence, cavity wall, cell wall, chinese wall, drive up the wall, dry wall, dry-stone wall, gable wall, great wall, great wall of china, hadrian's wall, handwriting on the wall, hanging wall, hole in the wall, off the wall, party wall, proscenium wall, retaining wall, sea wall, siberian wall flower, stone wall, wailing wall, wall barley, wall clock, wall creeper, wall fern, wall germander, wall hanging, wall in, wall of silence, wall painting, wall panel, wall pellitory, wall pepper, wall plate, wall plug, wall rock, wall rocket, wall rue, wall rue spleenwort, wall socket, wall st., wall street, wall tent, wall unit, wall up, western wall flower

st, abbr.
1 Saint.
2 stokes.

battle of st mihiel, common st john's wort, creeping st john's wort, great st john's wort, low st andrew's cross, shrubby st john's wort, st andrews's cross, st bernard, st john's day, st john's eve, st john's night, st john's wort, st john's wort family, st joseph, st martin's day, st mihiel, st patrick's day, st peter's wort, st valentine's day