walling

verb

  1. To provide, cover with, or surround with or as if with a wall

    "wall in the garden"

  2. To separate by or as if by a wall

    "walled off half the house"

  3. Immure

    "walled the monster up within the tomb"

  4. To close (an opening) with or as if with a wall

verb

  1. To roll in a dramatic manner
  2. To roll (one's eyes) in a dramatic manner

phrasal verb

  1. To surround (something) with a wall or with something that is like a wall

    "The school grounds are walled in."

phrasal verb

  1. To separate (something) from the area around it with a wall

    "The school walled off the playground from the parking lot."

phrasal verb

  1. To close off (an opening) by filling it with stone, brick, etc.

    "They walled up the doorway of the abandoned house."

  2. To keep (someone) as a prisoner in an enclosed space

    "He was walled up in the tower."

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