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stonewalled

stonewalled is the simple past and past participle of stonewall.

Meaning of stonewall

Verb

stonewall (third-person singular simple present stonewalls, present participle stonewalling, simple past and past participle stonewalled)

  1. (transitive) To obstruct.
    • Either the thing to be stonewalled must be itself a bad thing, or it must be stonewalled as the only means of preventing some other wrong being committed; obviously, paying the public creditor was no wrong, and the budget, if wrong, could be effectually obstructed by stonewalling the financial...1876 January–October, “Public Affairs”, in The Melbourne Review, volume 1, Melbourne, Vic.: Samuel Mullen, 55 & 57 Collins Street East, →OCLC, page 244
  2. (ambitransitive, informal) To refuse to answer or cooperate, especially in supplying information.
    • At the press conference, the Prime Minister appeared to be stonewalling when asked about tax increases.

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Adjective

stonewalled (not comparable)

  1. Surrounded or defined in size and shape by a wall of stone.
    • Leading from the terrace to the old stonewalled garden is a flight of stone steps.1906, Ernest W. Dormer, “Memories of Ufton Court”, in The Antiquary, volume 42, page 418
    • The stonewalled farmhouse is of the late 16th century or the early 17th, extended southwards in the early 19th century1953, Ralph Bernard Pugh, The Victoria History of Wiltshire, page 72

Questions about stonewalled

What does stonewalled mean?
Stonewalled means surrounded or defined in size and shape by a wall of stone.
What is stonewalled the simple past and past participle of?
Stonewalled is the simple past and past participle of stonewall.
What part of speech is stonewalled?
Stonewalled is an adjective.

Words near stonewalled in the dictionary

  1. Stonesy
  2. stonethrowing
  3. stonewall
  4. Stonewall Attack
  5. Stonewall County
  6. stonewalled
  7. stonewaller
  8. stonewallers
  9. stonewalling
  10. stonewallings
  11. stonewalls

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