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WALL IN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enclose with a wall

Synonyms:

wall in; wall up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wall in" is one way to...):

close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wall in"):

brick in; brick over; brick up (wall up with brick)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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