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wall in

wall in verb: to enclose by surrounding with walls.

Verb

wall in (third-person singular simple present walls in, present participle walling in, simple past and past participle walled in)

  1. To enclose by surrounding with walls.
    • They had walled in the garden.
    • Buses have back entrances for women leading to a walled-in female section.1987 February 22, Kathryn Diaz, “Saudi Women Get Revenge”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 2

Forms of wall in

third-person singular presentwalls in
present participlewalling in
past participlewalled in
pastwalled in

Questions about wall in

What does wall in mean?
Wall in means to enclose by surrounding with walls.
What part of speech is wall in?
Wall in is a verb.
What is the past tense of wall in?
The past tense of wall in is walled in.

Words near wall in in the dictionary

  1. wall hanger
  2. wall hangers
  3. wall hanging
  4. wall hangings
  5. wall humping
  6. wall in
  7. wall jump
  8. wall jumps
  9. wall kick
  10. wall kicks
  11. wall kisser

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