- wall
- n.
1) to build, erect, put up a wall
2) to demolish, tear down a wall
3) to climb, scale a wall
4) to paint; panel; paper walls
5) to line walls (to line walls with bookshelves)
6) a high; low wall
7) a brick; fire; inside; outside; retaining wall; seawall; stone; supporting wall
8) (also fig.) a wall between (the wall between church and state)
9) against the wall (they were lined up/stood up against the wall and shot)
10) (misc.) we had our backs to the wall ('we were in a desperate situation'); (slang) to drive smb. up the wall ('to frustrate smb. completely')
* * *[wɔːl]low walloutsidepaper wallsput up a wallretaining wallscale a wallseawallsupporting walltear down a wall(slang) to drive smb. up the wall ('to frustrate smb. completely')a bricka highto buildto climbto demolishto paint(misc.) we had our backs to the wall ('we were in a desperate situation')(also fig.) a wall between (the wall between church and state)against the wall (they were lined up/ stood up against the wall and shot)to line walls (to line walls with bookshelves)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.