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wall up
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  wall up - enclose with a wall wall inbrick 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 up
wall up1. To fill, seal, or close an opening with a wall. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wall" and "up." If we wall up the small pedestrian entrances dotted around the perimeter of the fortress, it will force the enemy to come through the main gates. I'll never understand why they walled up the door to the garden outside.2. To erect a wall or similar barrier in order to enclose or imprison someone or something in some place. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wall" and "up." The memories of my son's room are too painful to confront, so I've chosen to just wall it up. The fascists had simply walled up their political prisoners and left them to rot as they fled from the occupied territory.See also: up, wallwall something up 1. to seal something up behind a wall. We simply walled the old furnace up. It was cheaper than removing it. They walled up the old furnace. 2. to fill up an opening, such as a window or door, by building a wall. We will have to hire someone to wall the doorway up. They walled up the doorway.See also: up, wallwall upv.1. To block or close something, such as an opening or passage, with or as if with a wall: The safety inspector walled up the old mine shaft. The contractor walled the abandoned building up.2. To confine or seal someone or something behind or as if behind a wall: The contractors walled up the wiring. In the fairy tale, a witch walled Rapunzel up in a tower.3. To form a steep vertical surface. Used of an ocean wave: The wave walled up perfectly, and I dropped in.See also: up, wallwall stay
anchor, anchorage  medieval anchors, 10  anchor, 9  anchors, 1 1. A device such as a metal rod, wire, or strap, for fixing one object to another, as specially formed metal connectors used to fasten together timbers, masonry, trusses, etc. 2. In prestressed concrete, a device to lock the stressed tendon in position so that it will retain its stressed condition. 3. In precast concrete construction, a device used to attach the precast units to the building frame. 4. In slabs on grade, or walls, a device used to fasten to rock or adjacent structures to prevent movement of the slab or wall with respect to the foundation, adjacent structure, or rock. 5. A support which holds one end of a timber fast. 6. A device used to secure a window or doorframe to the building structure; usually adjustable in three dimensions; also see doorframe anchor.7.See jamb anchor, masonry anchor, etc. 8. The anchor-shaped dart in the egg-and-dart molding; also called anchor dart. 9. A device used in a piping system to secure the piping to a structure; typically provided by a metal insert in an overhead concrete slab or beam. 10. A wrought-iron clamp, of Flemish origin, on the exterior side of a brick building wall that is connected to the opposite wall by a steel tie-rod to prevent the two walls from spreading apart; these clamps were often in the shape ofMedicalSeewallLegalSeeWallwall up
Related to wall up: canal wall up mastoidectomySynonyms for wall upverb enclose with a wallSynonymsRelated Words- brick in
- brick over
- brick up
- inclose
- shut in
- close in
- enclose
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