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to provide, separate, or surround with or as if with a wall <~ in a garden>

2 : to close (an opening) with or as if with a wall <~ up a door>

Synonyms

usually wall in cage, closet, coop, corral, encase, enclose, envelop, fence, hedge, hem, house, immure, pen—more at ENCLOSE

wal·la·by noun, plural wallabies also wallaby : any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos

wall·board noun : a structural material (as of wood pulp or plaster) made in large sheets and used for sheathing interior walls and ceilings

wal·let noun 1 : a bag or sack for carrying things on a journey

2 : a pocketbook with compartments (as for personal papers and usu. unfolded money) : BILLFOLD

wall·eye noun 1 : an eye with a whitish iris or an opaque white cornea

2 : a large vigorous No. American food and sport fish related to the perches

— wall·eyed adjective

wall·flow·er noun 1 : any of several Old World herbs related to the mustards; especially : one with showy fragrant flowers

2 : a person who usu. from shyness or unpopularity remains alone (as at a dance)

Wal·loon noun : a member of a people of southern and southeastern Belgium and adjacent parts of France

— Walloon adjective

1wallop verb [ORIGIN: ME walopen to gallop, fr. OF waloper]

1 : to beat soundly : TROUNCE

2 : to hit hard and often repeatedly

Synonyms

[1] clobber, drub, rout, skunk, thrash, trim, trounce, whip

[2] bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, buffet, club, drub, flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste, lick, maul, pelt, pound, thrash, thump, whale, whip—more at BEAT

2wallop noun 1 : a powerful blow or impact

2 : the ability to hit hard

3 : emotional, sensory, or psychological force : IMPACT

wal·lop·ing adjective 1 : LARGE, WHOPPING

2 : exceptionally fine or impressive

1wallow verb 1 : to roll oneself about sluggishly in or as if in deep mud

2 : to indulge oneself excessively <~ in luxury>

3 : to become or remain helpless <~ in ignorance>

2wallow noun : a muddy or dust-filled area where animals wallow

wall·pa·per noun : decorative paper for the walls of a room

— wallpaper verb

wall–to–wall adjective 1 : covering the entire floor

2 : covering or filling one entire space or time

wal·nut noun [ORIGIN: ME walnot, fr. OE wealhhnutu, lit., foreign nut, fr. Wealh Welshman, foreigner + hnutu nut]

1 : a nut with a furrowed usu. rough shell and an adherent husk from any of a genus of trees related to the hickories; especially : the large edible nut of a Eurasian tree

2 : a tree that bears walnuts

3 : the usu. reddish to dark brown wood of a walnut used esp. in cabinetwork and veneers

wal·rus noun, plural walrus or wal·rus·es : a large mammal of arctic waters that is related to the seals and has long ivory tusks

1waltz noun [ORIGIN: G Walzer, fr. walzen to roll, dance]

1 : a gliding dance done to music having three beats to the measure

2 : music for or suitable for waltzing

2waltz verb 1 : to dance a waltz

2 : to move or advance easily, successfully, or conspicuously

wam·ble verb wam·bled; wam·bling : to progress unsteadily or with a lurching shambling gait

Wam·pa·no·ag noun, plural Wampanoag or Wampanoags [ORIGIN: Narragansett, lit., easterners]

: a member of an American Indian people of parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts

wam·pum noun [ORIGIN: short for wampumpeag, fr. Massachuset (an Algonquian Indian language) wampompeag, fr. wampan white + api string + -ag, pl. suffix]

1 : beads made of shells strung in strands, belts, or sashes and used by No. American Indians as money and ornaments

2 slang : MONEY

wan adjective wan·ner; wan·nest 1 : having a sickly, pale color suggestive of ill health : PALLID; also : FEEBLE

2 : DIM, FAINT

3 : LANGUID

— wan·ly adverb

— wan·ness noun

wand noun 1 : a slender staff carried in a procession

2 : the staff of a fairy, diviner, or magician

wan·der verb 1 : to move about aimlessly or

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