English-Thai Dictionary

Wall Street

N ตลาดหุ้น หรือ ตลาด การเงิน สำคัญ ของ สหรัฐอเมริกา  ตลาดหุ้น วอล สตรี ท  ta-lad-huan-rue-ta-lad-kan-ngen

 

Wall Street

N ถนน วอล สตรี ท  เป็น ถนน ใน กรุง นิวยอร์ก  ย่าน ศูนย์กลาง ทาง ธุรกิจ และ การเงิน สำคัญ ของ สหรัฐอเมริกา  ta-non-wol-sa-tid-nai-krung-nil-yok

 

Walloon

N ชาว เบลเยียม ทางใต้ ซึ่ง พูด ภาษา ฝรั่งเศส  chao-bel-yiam-tang-tai-sueng-chai-pa-sa-fa-lang_sed

 

wall

N กำแพง  หิน ที่ ก่อ ขึ้น เป็น รั้ว  barricade barrier block kam-pang

 

wall

N ผนัง ของ อวัยวะ ใน ร่างกาย (เช่น  ผนัง มดลูก  pa-nang-kong-ar-wai-ya-wa-nai-rang-kai

 

wall

N ผนังห้อง  pa-nang-hong

 

wall

N สิ่ง ที่ เป็น อุปสรรค  barrier bar block entanglement resistance sing-ti-pen-u-pa-sak

 

wall

N สิ่ง ที่ ไม่ อาจ ทะลุ ผ่าน ไป ได้  sing-ti-mai-aud-ta-lu-pan-pai-dai

 

wall

VT ตั้ง กำแพง ล้อมรอบ  ล้อมรอบ ด้วย กำแพง  สร้างกำแพง ล้อมรอบ  tang-kam-pang-lom-rob

 

wall

VT แบ่ง พื้นที่ ด้วย กำแพง  bang-puan-ti-duai-kam-pang

 

wall for

PHRV ร้องไห้ คร่ำครวญ (เสียงดัง โหยหวน  weep for rong-hai-kam-kun

 

wall in

PHRV กั้นรั้ว  ล้อมรั้ว  กั้น ผนัง  fence in hedge in rail in kan-rue

 

wall in

PHRV ปิดกั้น (จิตใจ  จาก โลก ภายนอก  ไม่มีสติ สัมปชัญญะ  pid-kan-jak-lok-pai-nok

 

wall off

PHRV แบ่ง  กั้น  divide off fence off rail off separate off bang

 

wall over

PHRV ร้องไห้ คร่ำครวญ กับ  rong-hai-kam-kuan-kab

 

wall round

PHRV กั้นรั้ว รอบ  ล้อมรั้ว รอบ  กั้น รอบ  kan-rue-rob

 

wall up

PHRV กั้น ด้วย ผนัง  กั้นรั้ว  กั้น ผนัง  ปิดล้อม  kan-duai-pa-nang

 

wall up

PHRV ขัง  กักขัง  คุมขัง  kang

 

wall-to-wall

ADJ ซึ่ง ปกคลุม พื้น ทั้งหมด ของ ห้อง  sueng-pok-klum-puan-hong-tang-mod

 

wall-to-wall

SL มี อยู่ ตลอดเวลา หรือ ทุกที่  ไม่หยุดหย่อน  ต่อเนื่อง  me-ta-lod-we-la-rue-tuk-ti

 

walla

N ผู้รับผิดชอบ  wallah phu-rab-pid-chob

 

wallaby

N จิงโจ้ ขนาดเล็ก หรือ ขนาด กลาง ใน ตระกูล  Macropodidae jing-jo-ka-nad-le-rue-ka-nad-klang

 

wallah

N ผู้ ที่ มี หน้าที่ รับผิดชอบ เรื่อง หนึ่ง เรื่อง ใด โดยเฉพาะ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  walla phu-ti-me-na-ti-rab-pid-chob-ruang-nuang-cha-prow

 

wallah

N ผู้รับผิดชอบ  walla phu-rab-pid-chob

 

wallboard

N แผ่น ผนัง ที่อยู่ ภายใน กำแพง  drywall gypsum board plasterboard pan-pa-nang-ti-yu-nai-kam-pang

 

wallcovering

N แผ่น กระดาษ  สิ่งทอ หรือ พลาสติก ที่ ใช้ ปิด ฝาผนัง ของ ห้อง  pan-kra-dad-singtor-chai-tid-pa-nang-hong

 

wallet

N กระเป๋า ขนาดเล็ก ที่ ทำ จาก หนัง หรือ พลาสติก  billfold pocketbook kra-pao-ka-nad-lek-ti-tam-jak-pil-nang

 

wallet

N ซอง ที่ ใช้ ใส่ เอกสาร หรือ รูปภาพ  song-ti-chai-ak-ka-san-rue-rub-pab

 

wallet

N โปรแกรม การซื้อขาย สินค้า ทาง อินเตอร์ เน็ต (ทาง คอมพิวเตอร์  po-kam-kan-sue-kai-sin-ka

 

walleye

N ปลาน้ำจืด ขนาดใหญ่ ใน แถบ ทวีปอเมริกาเหนือ  ชื่อ ละติน คือ  Stizostedion vitreum pikeperch walleyed pike pla-nam-jud-ka-nad-yai-nai-tab-ar-me-ri-ka

 

walleyed

ADJ ตา ถลน  ตา โปน  ta-ta-lon

 

wallflower

N พืชสวน ประเภท  Cheiranthus cheiri ดอก มี กลิ่นหอม และ บาน ใน ฤดูใบไม้ผลิ  phud-suan-pra-ped

 

wallop

N การ ตี อย่างแรง (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  การ หวด อย่างแรง  การ เฆี่ยน อย่างแรง  kan-te-yang-rang

 

wallop

N ความสามารถ ใน การ ตี อย่างแรง (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  kwam-sa-mad-nai-kan-te-yang-rang

 

wallop

VT ตี อย่างแรง (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  หวด อย่างแรง  beat strike thresh te-yang-rang

 

wallop

VT ทำให้ พ่ายแพ้ อย่าง ราบคาบ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  tam-hai-pai-pare-yang-rab-kab

 

walloper

N ผู้ ตี หรือ เฆี่ยน อย่างแรง  walloper phu-te-rue-kian-yang-rang

 

walloping

ADJ ซึ่ง มี ขนาดใหญ่ มาก (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  huge large enormous sueng-me-ka-nad-yai-mak

 

walloping

N การ ตี หรือ เฆี่ยน เสียงดัง  kan-te-rue-kian-yang-rang

 

wallow

N การ เกลือกกลิ้ง  kan-kuea-kling

 

wallow

N บริเวณ ที่ สัตว์ มา เกลือกกลิ้ง (เช่น  ปลัก  บริเวณ โคลน เลน สำหรับ ให้ สัตว์ มา เกลือกกลิ้ง  bo-ri-wen-ti-me-sad-ma-kuea-kling

 

wallow

N สภาพ ที่ เสื่อมทราม ลง  sa-pab-ti-suam-sam-long

 

wallow

VI มี จำนวนมาก  me-jam-nuan-mak

 

wallow

VI หลง มัวเมา  indulge luxuriate revel long-mua-mao

 

wallow

VI เกลือกกลิ้ง  กลิ้ง ตัว  กลิ้งเกลือก  kuea-kling

 

wallow

VI เดิน ด้วย ความยากลำบาก (เหมือนกับ อยู่ ใน โคลน เลน  doen-duai-kwam-yak-lam-bak

 

wallow in

PHRV กลิ้ง อยู่ ใน  เกลือกกลิ้ง อยู่ ใน  grovel in welter in kling-yu-nai

 

wallow in

PHRV ดีใจ ใน เรื่อง  ยินดี กับ  grovel in welter in de-jai-nai-ruang

 

wallow in

PHRV มีเงิน มาก  roll in me-ngen-mak

 

wallower

N ผู้ กลิ้ง ตัว  ผู้ เกลือกกลิ้ง  ผู้ เกลือกกลั้ว  phu-kling-tua

 

wallpaper

N กระดาษ บุ ผนัง หรือ เพดาน  kra-dad-bu-pa-nang-rue-pea-dan

 

wallpaper

N ภาพ กราฟ ฟิก ที่ เป็นพื้น บน จอ คอมพิวเตอร์  pab-kaf-fik-ti-pen-puan-bon-jor

 

wallpaper

VI ปิด ผนัง ด้วย กระดาษ บุ ผนัง  ตกแต่ง ผนัง ด้วย กระดาษ บุ ผนัง  pid-pa-nang-duai-kra-dad-pa-nang

 

wallpaper

VT ปิด ผนัง ด้วย กระดาษ บุ ผนัง  ตกแต่ง ผนัง ด้วย กระดาษ บุ ผนัง  redecorate pid-pa-nang-duai-kra-dad-pa-nang

 

walls have eares

IDM คนอื่น อาจ ได้ยิน สิ่ง ที่ พูด  คนอื่น อาจ แอบ ฟัง  kon-uen-aud-dai-yin-sing-ti-phud

 

walls have eares

IDM หน้าต่าง มี หู  ประตู มี ช่อง  ความลับ ไม่มี ใน โลก  พูดจา ต้อง ระมัดระวัง  na-tang-me-hu-pra-tu-me-chong

 

walls have ears

SL มี คน กำลัง ฟัง อยู่  กำแพง มี หู (ประตู มี ช่อง  me-kon-kam-lang-fang-yu

 

wally

N คนโง่ (คำ สแลง  คนงี่เง่า  kon-ngo

 

wally

SL คนโง่  kon-ngo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WALL

n.[L., stake, post, probably originally a fence of stakes, a palisade or stockade; the first rude fortification of uncivilized men. ] 1. A work or structure of stone, brick or other materials, raised to some highth, and intended for a defense or security. Walls of stone, with or without cement, are much used in America for fences on farms; walls are laid as the foundations of houses and the security of cellars. Walls of stone or brick form the exterior of buildings, and they are often raised round cities and forts as a defense against enemies.
2. Walls, in the plural, is used for fortifications in general; works for defense.
I rush undaunted to defend the walls.
3. A defense; means of security or protection. 1 Samuel 25:16.
To take the wall, to take the upper or most honorable place.
I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montagues.

 

WALL

v.t. 1. To inclose with a wall; as, to wall a city.
2. To defend by walls.
And terror of his name that walls us in from danger.
3. To fill up with a wall.

 

WALL-CREEPER

n.A small bird of the genus Certhia; the spider-catcher.

 

WALL-CRESS

n.[wall and cress. ] 1. A plant of the genus Arabis.
2. A plant of the genus Turritis.

 

WALL-EYE

n.[wall and eye. ] 1. A disease in the crystaline humor of the eye; the glaucoma.
2. In horses, an eye in which the iris is of a very light gray color.

 

WALL-EYED

a.Having white eyes.

 

WALL-FLOWER

n.[wall and flower. ] A plant of the genus Cheiranthus; a species of stock gillyflower.

 

WALL-FRUIT

n.[wall and fruit. ] Fruit which, to be ripened, must be planted against a wall.

 

WALL-LOUSE

n.[wall and louse. ] An insect or small bug. [L.]

 

WALL-MOSS

n.A species of moss growing on walls.

 

WALL-PENNYWORT

n.A plant of the genus Cotyledon.

 

WALL-PEPPER

n.A plant of the genus Sedum.

 

WALL-PIE

n.A plant, a species of Asplenium.

 

WALL-SIDED

a.Having sides nearly perpendicular, as a ship.

 

WALL-SPRING

n.A spring of water issuing from stratified rocks.

 

WALL-WORT

n.A plant, the dwarf elder or danewort; a species of Sambucus.

 

WALLED

pp. Inclosed or fortified with a wall.

 

WALLER

n.One who builds walls in the country.

 

WALLERITE

n.A mineral, or variety of clay, found in small compact masses of the size of a nut, white and opake, or yellowish and translucent.

 

WALLET

n. 1. A bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey or march; a knapsack.
2. Any thing protuberant and swagging; as wallets of flesh.

 

WALLING

ppr. Inclosing or fortifying with a wall.

 

WALLING

n.Walls in general; materials for walls.

 

WALLOP

v.i.[See Well. ] To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling of the liquor, with noise.

 

WALLOPING

ppr. Boiling with a heaving and noise.

 

WALLOW

v.i.[L., G. This verb seems to be connected with well, walk, etc. ] 1. To roll ones body on the earth, in mire, or on other substance; to tumble and roll in water. Swine wallow in the mire.
2. To move heavily and clumsily.
Part huge of bulk, wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, tempest the ocean. [Unusual. ]
3. To live in filth or gross vice; as man wallowing in his native impurity.

 

WALLOW

v.t.To roll ones body. Wallow thyself in ashes. Jeremiah 6:26.

 

WALLOW

n.A kind of rolling walk.

 

WALLOWER

n.One that rolls in mire.

 

WALLOWING

ppr. Rolling the body on any thing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WALL

WALL Wall, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale. Wall knot, a knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first; a wale knot. Wall knots may be single or double, crowned or double-crowned.

 

WALL

Wall, n. Etym: [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. Interval. ]

 

1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc. , also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. Dan. v. 5.

 

2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense. The waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. Ex. xiv. 22.In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troyan walls. Shak. To rush undaunted to defend the walls. Dryden.

 

3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.

 

4. (Mining ) (a ) The side of a level or drift. (b ) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. Raymond.

 

Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the formation of compounds, usually of obvious signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc. Blank wall, Blind wall, etc. See under Blank, Blind, etc. -- To drive to the wall, to bring to extremities; to push to extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over. -- To go to the wall, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the weaker party; to be pushed to extremes. -- To take the wall. to take the inner side of a walk, that is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence. "I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's." Shak. -- Wall barley (Bot. ), a kind of grass (Hordeum murinum ) much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under Squirrel. -- Wall box. (Mach. ) See Wall frame, below. -- Wall creeper (Zoöl.), a small bright-colored bird (Tichodroma muraria ) native of Asia and Southern Europe. It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of insects and spiders. Its body is ash- gray above, the wing coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red at the base and black distally, some of them with white spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also spider catcher. -- Wall cress (Bot. ), a name given to several low cruciferous herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under Mouse-ear. -- Wall frame (Mach. ), a frame set in a wall to receive a pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the wall; -- called also wall box. -- Wall fruit, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall. -- Wall gecko (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Old World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by means of suckers on the feet. -- Wall lizard (Zoöl.), a common European lizard (Lacerta muralis ) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks and crevices of walls; -- called also wall newt. -- Wall louse, a wood louse. -- Wall moss (Bot. ), any species of moss growing on walls. -- Wall newt (Zoöl.), the wall lizard. Shak. -- Wall paper, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper hangings. -- Wall pellitory (Bot. ), a European plant (Parictaria officinalis ) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed medicinal. -- Wall pennywort (Bot. ), a plant (Cotyledon Umbilicus ) having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in Western Europe. -- Wall pepper (Bot. ), a low mosslike plant (Sedum acre ) with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in Europe, and is sometimes seen in America. -- Wall pie (Bot. ), a kind of fern; wall rue. -- Wall piece, a gun planted on a wall. H. L. Scott. -- Wall plate (Arch. ), a piece of timber placed horizontally upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like. See Illust. of Roof. -- Wall rock, granular limestone used in building walls. [U. S.]Bartlett. -- Wall rue (Bot. ), a species of small fern (Asplenium Ruta-muraria ) growing on walls, rocks, and the like. -- Wall spring, a spring of water issuing from stratified rocks. -- Wall tent, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to the walls of a house. -- Wall wasp (Zoöl.), a common European solitary wasp (Odynerus parietus ) which makes its nest in the crevices of walls.

 

WALL

Wall (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Walled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Walling. ]

 

1. To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall. "Seven walled towns of strength. " Shak. The king of Thebes, Amphion, That with his singing walled that city. Chaucer.

 

2. To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify. The terror of his name that walls us in. Denham.

 

3. To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.

 

WALLABA

WALLABA Wal "la *ba, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata ) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants ).

 

WALLABY

Wal "la *by, n.; pl. Wallabies. Etym: [From a native name. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii ) and the pademelon (H. thetidis ). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]

 

WALLACHIAN

WALLACHIAN Wal *la "chi *an, a. [Also Walachian, Wallach, Wallack, Vlach, etc. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Wallachia, a former principality, now part of the kingdom, of Roumania. -- n.

 

Defn: An inhabitant of Wallachia; also, the language of the Wallachians; Roumanian.

 

WALLACK

WALLACK Wal "lack, a. & n.

 

Defn: See Wallachian.

 

WALLAH

WALLAH Wal "lah, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger. [Written also walla. ]

 

WALLAROO

WALLAROO Wal `la *roo ", n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially M. robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo.

 

WALLBIRD

WALLBIRD Wall "bird `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The spotted flycatcher. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

WALLER

WALLER Wall "er, n.

 

Defn: One who builds walls.

 

WALLER

Wall "er, n. Etym: [G.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The wels.

 

WALLERIAN DEGENERATION

WALLERIAN DEGENERATION Wal *le "ri *an de *gen `er *a "tion. (Med. )

 

Defn: A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 185 .

 

WALLET

Wal "let, n. Etym: [OE. walet, probably the same word as OE. watel a bag. See Wattle. ]

 

1. A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack. [His hood ] was trussed up in his walet. Chaucer.

 

2. A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.

 

3. Anything protuberant and swagging. "Wallets of flesh. " Shak.

 

WALLETEER

WALLETEER Wal `let *eer ", n.

 

Defn: One who carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar. [Colloq. ] Wright.

 

WALL-EYE

Wall "-eye `, n. Etym: [See Wall-eyed. ]

 

1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses. Booth.

 

Note: Jonson has defined wall-eye to be "a disease in the crystalline humor of the eye; glaucoma. " But glaucoma is not a disease of the crystalline humor, nor is wall-eye a disease at all, but merely a natural blemish. Tully. In the north of England, as Brockett states, persons are said to be wall-eyed when the white of the eye is very large and distorted, or on one side.

 

2. (Zoöl.) (a ) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion vitreum ) having large and prominent eyes; -- called also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and wall-eyed perch. (b ) A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus ). (c ) The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.

 

WALL-EYED

Wall "-eyed `, a. Etym: [Icel. valdeygedhr, or vagleygr; fr. vagl a beam, a beam in the eye (akin to Sw. vagel a roost, a perch, a sty in the eye ) + eygr having eyes (from auga eye ). See Eye. ]

 

Defn: Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color. Booth.

 

Note: Shakespeare, in using wall-eyed as a term of reproach (as "wall-eyed rage, " a "wall-eyed wretch "), alludes probably to the idea of unnatural or distorted vision. See the Note under Wall-eye. It is an eye which is utterly and incurably perverted, an eye that knows no pity.

 

WALLFLOWER

WALLFLOWER Wall "flow `er, n.

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri ), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls.

 

Note: The name is sometimes extended to other species of Cheiranthus and of the related genus Erysimum, especially the American Western wallflower (Erysimum asperum ), a biennial herb with orange-yellow flowers.

 

2. A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator. [Colloq. ]

 

WALLHICK

WALLHICK Wall "hick `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor ). [Prov. Eng. ]

 

WALLING

WALLING Wall "ing, n.

 

1. The act of making a wall or walls.

 

2. Walls, in general; material for walls. Walling wax, a composition of wax and tallow used by etchers and engravers to make a bank, or wall, round the edge of a plate, so as to form a trough for holding the acid used in etching, and the like. Fairholt.

 

WALLOONS

Wal *loons ", n. pl. ; sing. Walloon (. Etym: [Cf. F. wallon. ]

 

Defn: A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liége, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively. [Written also Wallons.] "A base Walloon. ..thrust Talbot with a spear. " Shak. Walloon guard, the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; -- so called because formerly consisting of Walloons.

 

WALLOP

Wal "lop, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OFlem. walop a gallop; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gallop. ]

 

Defn: To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop. [Prov. Eng. & Scot. ]

 

WALLOP

WALLOP Wal "lop, n.

 

Defn: A quick, rolling movement; a gallop. [Prov. Eng. & Scot. ]

 

WALLOP

Wal "lop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Walloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Walloping. ]Etym: [Probably fr. AS. weallan to spring up, to boil or bubble. sq. root147. See Well, n. & v. i.]

 

1. To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise. [Prov. Eng. ] Brockett.

 

2. To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

3. To be slatternly. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

WALLOP

WALLOP Wal "lop, v. t.

 

1. To beat soundly; to flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. , Scot. , & Colloq. U. S.]

 

2. To wrap up temporarily. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

3. To throw or tumble over. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

WALLOP

WALLOP Wal "lop, n.

 

1. A thick piece of fat. Halliwell.

 

2. A blow. [Prov. Eng. , Scot. , & Colloq. U.S.]

 

WALLOW

Wal "low, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wallowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wallowing. ]Etym: [OE. walwen, AS. wealwian; akin to Goth. walwjan (in comp. ) to roll, L. volvere; cf. Skr. val to turn. *147. Cf. Voluble Well, n.]

 

1. To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire. I may wallow in the lily beds. Shak.

 

2. To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner. God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity. South.

 

3. To wither; to fade. [Prov. Eng. & Scot. ]

 

WALLOW

WALLOW Wal "low, v. t.

 

Defn: To roll; esp. , to roll in anything defiling or unclean. "Wallow thyself in ashes. " Jer. vi. 26.

 

WALLOW

WALLOW Wal "low, n.

 

Defn: A kind of rolling walk. One taught the toss, and one the new French wallow. Dryden.

 

WALLOWER

WALLOWER Wal "low *er, n.

 

1. One who, or that which, wallows.

 

2. (Mach. )

 

Defn: A lantern wheel; a trundle.

 

WALLOWISH

Wal "low *ish, a. Etym: [Scot. wallow to fade or wither. ]

 

Defn: Flat; insipid. [Obs. ] Overbury.

 

WALL-PLAT

WALL-PLAT Wall "-plat `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

WALL-SIDED

WALL-SIDED Wall "-sid `ed, a. (Naut. )

 

Defn: Having sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those having flaring sides, or sides tumbling home (see under Tumble, v. i.).

 

WALL STREET

WALL STREET Wall Street.

 

Defn: A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending from Broadway to the East River; -- so called from the old wall which extended along it when the city belonged to the Dutch. It is the chief financial center of the United States, hence the name is often used for the money market and the financial interests of the country.

 

WALLWORT

WALLWORT Wall "wort `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

wall

wall |wôl wɔl | ▶noun a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land: a garden wall | farmland traversed by drystone walls. • a side of a building or room, typically forming part of the building's structure. • any high vertical surface or facade, esp. one that is imposing in scale: the eastern wall of the valley | figurative : flash floods sent a 6-foot wall of water through the village. • a thing perceived as a protective or restrictive barrier: a wall of silence. • Soccer a line of defenders forming a barrier against a free kick taken near the penalty area. • short for climbing wall. • Mining the rock enclosing a lode or seam or forming the side of a mine-working. • Anatomy & Zoology the membranous outer layer or lining of an organ or cavity: the wall of the stomach. • Biology see cell wall. ▶verb [ with obj. ] enclose (an area ) within walls, esp. to protect it or lend it some privacy: housing areas that are walled off from the indigenous population. • (wall something up ) block or seal a place by building a wall around or across it: one doorway has been walled up. • (wall someone /something in /up ) confine or imprison someone or something in a restricted or sealed place: the gray tenements walled in the space completely. PHRASES between you and me and the wall see bedpost. drive someone up the wall informal make someone very irritated or angry. go to the wall informal 1 (of a business ) fail; go out of business. 2 support someone or something, no matter what the cost to oneself: the tendency for poets to go to the wall for their beliefs. hit the wall (of an athlete ) experience a sudden loss of energy in a long race. off the wall informal 1 eccentric or unconventional. 2 (of a person ) angry: the president was off the wall about the article. 3 (of an accusation ) without basis or foundation. walls have ears proverb be careful what you say as people may be eavesdropping. wall-to-wall (of a carpet or other floor covering ) fitted to cover an entire floor. • informal denoting great extent or number: wall-to-wall customers. DERIVATIVES wall-less adjective ORIGIN Old English, from Latin vallum ‘rampart, ’ from vallus ‘stake. ’

 

Wallabout Bay

Wall a bout Bay |ˈwôləˌbout ˌwɔləbaʊt ˈbeɪ | a former inlet of the East River in Brooklyn in New York City, the site of the imprisonment of thousands of American prisoners during the American Revolution, many of whom died here.

 

wallaby

wal la by |ˈwäləbē ˈwɑləbi | ▶noun ( pl. wallabies ) an Australasian marsupial that is similar to, but smaller than, a kangaroo. [Family Macropodidae: several genera and numerous species, including the agile wallaby (Macropus agilis ).] ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dharuk walabi or waliba.

 

Wallace, Alfred Russel

Wal lace, Alfred Russel |ˈwôləs, ˈwäl -ˈwɔləs | (1823 –1913 ), English naturalist; a founder of zoogeography.

 

Wallace, Edgar

Wal lace, Edgar |ˈwɔləs ˈwôləs | (1875 –1932 ), English novelist, screenwriter, and playwright; full name Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace. He wrote the screenplay for the movie King Kong, which was made shortly after his death.

 

Wallace, George

Wall ace, George |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1919 –98 ), US politician; full name George Corley Wallace. A four-term governor of Alabama, he gained national attention in the early 1960s when he defied civil rights legislation that outlawed segregation in public schools. While campaigning for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination, he was shot and paralyzed by would-be assassin Arthur Bremer (1950 –).

 

Wallace, Henry A.

Wall ace, Henry A. |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1888 –1965 ), US politician, agriculturist, and editor; full name Henry Agard Wallace. He was editor of Wallaces' Farmer and its successor 1910 –33. He was US secretary of agriculture 1933 –40, US vice president 1941 –45, and US secretary of commerce 1945 –46. He was the presidential candidate for the new Progressive Party in 1948.

 

Wallace, Mike

Wall ace, Mike |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1918 –), US journalist; born Myron Leon Wallace. A news correspondent with CBS from 1963, he appeared on the television news program 60 Minutes from 1968.

 

Wallace, Sir William

Wal lace, Sir William |ˈwɔləs ˈwôləs | ( c. 1270 –1305 ), Scottish national hero. A leader of Scottish resistance to Edward I, he defeated the English army at Stirling in 1297. After Edward's second invasion of Scotland in 1298, he was defeated and subsequently executed.

 

Wallacea

Wallacea |wɒˈleɪsɪə |Zoology a zoogeographical area constituting a transition zone between the Oriental and Australian regions, east of Wallace's line. It is generally held to comprise Sulawesi and other islands between the two continental shelves. DERIVATIVES Wallacean adjective ORIGIN 1920s: from the name of A. R. Wallace (see Wallace, Alfred Russel ).

 

Wallace's line

Wal lace's line Zoology a hypothetical line, proposed by Alfred Russel Wallace, marking the boundary between the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions. Wallace's line is now placed along the continental shelf of Southeast Asia, east of the islands of Borneo, Bali, and the Philippines. To the west of the line, Asian animals such as monkeys predominate, while to the east of it, the fauna is dominated by marsupials.

 

Wallachia

Wal la chi a |wäˈlākēə, wə -wɑˈleɪkiə |(also Walachia ) a former principality in southeastern Europe, between the Danube River and the Transylvanian Alps. In 1861, it was united with Moldavia to form Romania. DERIVATIVES Wal la chi an adjective & noun ORIGIN based on a variant of Vlach .

 

wallah

wal lah |ˈwälə ˈwɑlə | ▶noun [ in combination or with modifier ] Indian or informal a person concerned or involved with a specified thing or business: ice cream wallahs. • a native or inhabitant of a specified place: Bombay wallahs. ORIGIN from the Hindi suffix -vālā ‘doer ’ (commonly interpreted in the sense ‘fellow ’), from Sanskrit pālaka ‘keeper. ’

 

wallaroo

wal la roo |ˌwôləˈro͞o ˌwɔləˈru | ▶noun a large Australian kangaroo, the female of which is paler than the male. [Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: two species, in particular the common wallaroo (M. robustus ).] ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dharuk walaru.

 

Wallasey

Wallasey |ˈwɒləsi | a town in NW England on the Wirral Peninsula; pop. 58,400 (est. 2009 ).

 

Walla Walla

Wal la Wal la |ˌwälə ˈwälə ˌwɑlə ˈwɑlə | a historic commercial and industrial city in southeastern Washington; pop. 30,643 (est. 2008 ).

 

wall bar

wall bar ▶noun (usu. wall bars ) Brit. one of a set of parallel horizontal bars attached to the wall of a gymnasium, on which exercises are performed.

 

wallboard

wall board |ˈwôlˌbôrd ˈwɔlbɔrd | ▶noun a type of board made from wood pulp, plaster, or other material, used for covering walls and ceilings. • a piece of such board.

 

wall brown

wall brown ▶noun a brown Eurasian butterfly with orange markings on the wings, which breeds on grasses. ●Lasiommata megera, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae.

 

wall chart

wall chart ▶noun a chart or poster designed for display on a wall as a teaching aid or source of information.

 

wall covering

wall cov er ing ▶noun material such as wallpaper or textured fabric used as a decorative covering for interior walls.

 

wallcreeper

wall creep er |ˈwôlˌkrēpər ˈwɔlkripər | ▶noun a Eurasian songbird related to the nuthatches, having mainly gray plumage with broad bright red wings, and living among rocks in mountainous country. [Tichodroma muraria, family Sittidae (or Tichodromadidae ).]

 

wall cress

wall cress ▶noun another term for arabis.

 

walled garden

walled gar den ▶noun a garden or yard enclosed by high walls. • Computing & Telecommunications a restricted range of information to which subscribers to a particular service are limited.

 

Wallenberg, Raoul

Wal len berg, Raoul |ˈwôlənˌbərg, ˈvälənˌber (yə )ˈwɔlənbərɡ | (1912 –?), Swedish diplomat in Budapest. In 1944, he helped many thousands of Jews escape death by issuing them Swedish passports. Arrested by the Soviets in 1945, he was imprisoned in Moscow. Although Soviet authorities stated that he died in prison in 1947, his fate remains uncertain.

 

Waller, Fats

Wal ler, Fats |ˈwälər ˈwɔlər | (1904 –43 ), US jazz pianist, songwriter, bandleader, and singer; born Thomas Wright Waller. The composer of the songs “Ain't Misbehavin' ” (1928 ) and “Honeysuckle Rose ” (1929 ), he was the foremost exponent of the New York “stride school ” of piano playing.

 

wallet

wal let |ˈwälit, ˈwô -ˈwɑlət ˈwɔlət | ▶noun a pocket-sized, flat, folding holder for money and plastic cards. • archaic a bag for holding provisions, esp. when traveling, typically used by peddlers and pilgrims. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a bag for provisions ): probably via Anglo-Norman French from a Germanic word related to well 2. The current sense (originally US ) dates from the mid 19th cent.

 

walleye

wall eye |ˈwôlˌ ī ˈwɔlaɪ | ▶noun 1 an eye with a streaked or opaque white iris. • an eye directed abnormally outward. 2 a North American pikeperch with large, opaque silvery eyes. It is a commercially valuable food fish and a popular sporting fish. [Stizostedion vitreum, family Percidae. ] DERIVATIVES wall eyed adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent.: back-formation from earlier wall-eyed, from Old Norse vagleygr; related to Icelandic vagl ‘film over the eye. ’

 

wallflower

wall flow er |ˈwôlˌflou (-ə )r ˈwɔlˌflaʊ (ə )r | ▶noun 1 a southern European plant of the cabbage family, with fragrant yellow, orange-red, dark red, or brown flowers, cultivated for its early spring blooming. [Cheiranthus cheiri, family Brassicaceae. ] 2 informal a person who has no one to dance with or who feels shy, awkward, or excluded at a party.

 

wall game

wall game (also Eton wall game ) ▶noun (in the UK ) an early form of football played traditionally at Eton College, in which, in a series of scrimmages, players attempt to take the ball past the opposing team while keeping the ball against a wall.

 

wall hanging

wall hang ing ▶noun a large decorative piece of fabric or other material to be hung on the wall of a room.

 

wall-hung

wall-hung ▶adjective another term for wall-mounted.

 

Wallingford

Wal ling ford |ˈwäliNGfərd ˈwɔlɪŋfərd | an industrial town in south central Connecticut; pop. 44,859 (est. 2008 ).

 

Wallis, Sir Barnes Neville

Wal ¦lis |ˈwɒlɪs | (1887 –1979 ), English inventor. His designs include the bouncing bomb used against the Ruhr dams in Germany in the Second World War.

 

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Wal lis and Fu tu na Is lands |ˈwäləs and fo͞oˈto͞onə, ˈwôləs ˌwɑləs ænd fuˌtunə ˈaɪləndz | an overseas territory of France that consists of two groups of islands to the west of Samoa in the central Pacific Ocean; pop. 15,300 (est. 2009 ); capital, Mata-Utu.

 

wall knot

wall knot (also wale knot ) ▶noun a knot made at the end of a rope by intertwining strands to prevent unraveling or act as a stopper.

 

wall lizard

wall liz ¦ard ▶noun a small brownish-grey Eurasian lizard which typically has black and white bars on the tail, frequently seen on walls and rocks. ●Genus Podarcis, family Lacertidae: several species, in particular P. muralis.

 

wall-mounted

wall-mount ed |ˈwɔl ˌmaʊn (t )əd | ▶adjective fixed to a wall.

 

Wall of Death

Wall of Death ▶noun a fairground sideshow in which a motorcyclist uses gravitational force to ride around the inside walls of a vertical cylinder.

 

wall of honor

wall of hon or ▶noun a wall on which are inscribed the names of individuals whose acts or achievements are deemed praiseworthy.

 

Walloon

Wal loon |wäˈlo͞on wɑˈlun | ▶noun 1 a member of a people who speak a French dialect and live in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France. Compare with Fleming, Peggy. 2 the French dialect spoken by this people. ▶adjective of or concerning the Walloons or their language. ORIGIN from French Wallon, from medieval Latin Wallon-, from the same Germanic origin as Welsh .

 

wallop

wal lop |ˈwäləp ˈwɑləp | informal ▶verb ( wallops, walloping , walloped ) [ with obj. ] strike or hit (someone or something ) very hard: they walloped the back of his head with a stick | figurative : they were tired of getting walloped with income taxes. • heavily defeat (an opponent ). ▶noun 1 a heavy blow or punch. • [ in sing. ] a potent effect: the script packs a wallop . 2 Brit. alcoholic drink, esp. beer. DERIVATIVES wal lop er noun ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun denoting a horse's gallop ): from Old Northern French walop (noun ), waloper (verb ), perhaps from a Germanic phrase meaning ‘run well, ’ from the bases of well 1 and leap. Compare with gallop. From ‘gallop ’ the senses ‘bubbling noise of a boiling liquid ’ and then ‘sound of a clumsy movement ’ arose, leading to the current senses.

 

walloping

wal lop ing |ˈwäləpiNG ˈwɑləpɪŋ | informal ▶noun [ in sing. ] a beating: she gave him a good walloping. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] large and powerful: a walloping shock.

 

Wallops Island

Wal lops Is land |ˈwäləps ˌwɑləps ˈaɪlənd | an island in eastern Virginia, on the Delmarva Peninsula, the site of a US rocket and high-altitude balloon facility.

 

wallow

wal low |ˈwälō ˈwɑloʊ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 (chiefly of large mammals ) roll about or lie relaxed in mud or water, esp. to keep cool, avoid biting insects, or spread scent: watering places where buffalo liked to wallow. • (of a boat or aircraft ) roll from side to side: the small jet wallowed in the sky. 2 (wallow in ) (of a person ) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that creates a pleasurable sensation ): I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel | he had been wallowing in self-pity. ▶noun 1 an act of wallowing: a wallow in nostalgia. 2 an area of mud or shallow water where mammals go to wallow, typically developing into a depression in the ground over long use. DERIVATIVES wal low er noun ORIGIN Old English walwian ‘to roll around, ’ of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin volvere ‘to roll. ’

 

Wallowa Mountains

Wal low a Moun tains |wäˈlôə ˌwɑlɔə ˈmaʊntənz | a range in northeastern Oregon. The Wallowa River valley, on its east, is home to the Nez Perce Indians.

 

wall painting

wall paint ing |ˈwɔl ˌpeɪn (t )ɪŋ | ▶noun a painting made directly on a wall, such as a fresco or mural.

 

wallpaper

wall pa per |ˈwôlˌpāpər ˈwɔlˌpeɪpər | ▶noun paper that is pasted in vertical strips over the walls of a room to provide a decorative or textured surface. • Computing an optional background pattern or picture on a computer screen. ▶verb [ with obj. ] apply wallpaper to (a wall or room ).

 

wall pass

wall pass ▶noun Soccer a short pass to a teammate who immediately returns it.

 

wallpepper

wall pep per (also wall pepper ) ▶noun another term for mossy stonecrop (see stonecrop ).

 

wall plate

wall plate ▶noun 1 a piece of lumber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist. 2 a metal plate fixed to a wall for attaching a bracket, wiring, or other device.

 

wall plug

wall plug ▶noun a fibre or plastic dowel inserted into a drilled hole to provide a gripping base for a screw.

 

wall pocket

wall pocket ▶noun a receptacle for small household items, designed to hang on a wall. • a vase having one flat side, designed to be hung on a wall.

 

wall rock

wall rock ▶noun Geology the rock adjacent to or enclosing a vein, hydrothermal ore deposit, fault, or other geological feature.

 

wall rocket

wall rock et ▶noun a yellow-flowered European plant that resembles mustard and emits a foul smell when crushed. [Diplotaxis muralis, family Brassicaceae. ]

 

wall rue

wall rue ▶noun a small delicate spleenwort (fern ) that resembles rue, growing on walls and rocks in both Europe and North America and sensitive to atmospheric pollution. [Asplenium ruta-muraria, family Aspleniaceae. ]

 

wall space

wall space ▶noun [ mass noun ] space on the surface of an interior wall, regarded as an area for displaying pictures or similar items.

 

Wall Street

Wall Street |ˈwɔl ˌstrit | a street at the south end of Manhattan in New York City, where the New York Stock Exchange and other leading US financial institutions are located. • used allusively to refer to the US money market or financial interests. ORIGIN named after a wooden stockade that was built in 1653 around the original Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.

 

Wall Street Crash

Wall Street Crash the collapse of prices on the New York Stock Exchange in October 1929, a major factor in the early stages of the Depression.

 

wall tent

wall tent |wɔl tɛnt | ▶noun a tent with nearly perpendicular sides.

 

wall unit

wall u nit ▶noun a piece of furniture having various sections, typically shelves and cabinets, designed to stand against a wall.

 

wallwasher

wall |wash ¦er |ˈwɔːlwɒʃə | ▶noun a lighting fixture designed to illuminate a wall evenly without lighting the floor.

 

wally

wally |ˈwɒli | ▶noun ( pl. wallies ) Brit. informal a silly or inept person. ORIGIN 1960s: perhaps a shortened form of the given name Walter. There are many theories of the origin: one story tells of a Wally who became separated from companions at a 1960s pop festival; the name, announced many times over a loudspeaker, was taken up as a chant by the crowd.

 

wallyball

wal ly ball |ˈwôlēˈbôl, ˈwä -ˈwɔlibɔl | ▶noun a game played on a four-walled court with rules similar to volleyball, and with a ball the same size as but harder than a volleyball. The ball is allowed to bounce once against the ceiling or one of the walls before being returned over the net.

 

Oxford Dictionary

wall

wall |wɔːl | ▶noun 1 a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land: a garden wall. • an upright side of a building or room: opulent rooms with tapestries on the walls. • any high vertical surface, especially one that is imposing in scale: the eastern wall of the valley | figurative : flash floods sent a six-foot wall of water through the village. • ( the Wall ) short for Berlin Wall. 2 a thing regarded as a protective or restrictive barrier: police investigating the murders met a wall of silence from witnesses. • Soccer a line of defenders forming a barrier against a free kick taken near the penalty area. 3 Anatomy & Zoology the membranous outer layer or lining of an organ or cavity: the wall of the stomach. 4 Mining the rock enclosing a lode or seam. 5 another term for wall brown. ▶verb [ with obj. ] enclose (an area ) within walls, especially for protection or privacy: parts of the city's East End had been walled off with concrete barricades | (as adj. walled ) : a walled garden. • (wall something up ) block or seal a place by building a wall around or across it: one doorway has been walled up. • (wall someone /thing in /up ) confine or imprison someone or something in a restricted or sealed place: the grey tenements walled in the space completely. PHRASES between you and me and the wall see bedpost. drive someone up the wall informal make someone very irritated or angry. go to the wall informal 1 (of a business ) go out of business; fail. 2 support someone or something, no matter what the cost to oneself: the tendency for poets to go to the wall for their beliefs. go up the wall informal become very angry in reaction to something: this causes the dog to go up the wall and bark his head off. hit the wall (of an athlete ) experience a sudden loss of energy in a long race. off the wall N. Amer. informal 1 eccentric or unconventional. 2 angry: the president was off the wall about the article. walls have ears proverb be careful what you say as people may be eavesdropping. wall-to-wall (of a carpet ) fitted to cover an entire floor. • informal very numerous or extensive: wall-to-wall media coverage. DERIVATIVES wall-less adjective ORIGIN Old English, from Latin vallum ‘rampart ’, from vallus ‘stake ’.

 

Wallabout Bay

Wall a bout Bay |ˈwôləˌbout ˌwɔləbaʊt ˈbeɪ | a former inlet of the East River in Brooklyn in New York City, the site of the imprisonment of thousands of American prisoners during the American Revolution, many of whom died here.

 

wallaby

wal |laby |ˈwɒləbi | ▶noun ( pl. wallabies ) an Australasian marsupial that is similar to, but smaller than, a kangaroo. ●Family Macropodidae: several genera and numerous species. • ( the Wallabies ) informal the Australian international rugby union team. PHRASES on the wallaby ( track ) Austral. /NZ informal, dated (of a person ) unemployed and having no fixed address. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dharuk walabi or waliba.

 

Wallace, Alfred Russel

Wal |lace |ˈwɒlɪs | (1823 –1913 ), English naturalist and a founder of zoogeography. He independently formulated a theory of the origin of species very similar to that of Charles Darwin.

 

Wallace, Edgar

Wal |lace |ˈwɒlɪs | (1875 –1932 ), English novelist, screenwriter, and dramatist, noted for his crime novels; full name Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace.

 

Wallace, George

Wall ace, George |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1919 –98 ), US politician; full name George Corley Wallace. A four-term governor of Alabama, he gained national attention in the early 1960s when he defied civil rights legislation that outlawed segregation in public schools. While campaigning for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination, he was shot and paralyzed by would-be assassin Arthur Bremer (1950 –).

 

Wallace, Henry A.

Wall ace, Henry A. |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1888 –1965 ), US politician, agriculturist, and editor; full name Henry Agard Wallace. He was editor of Wallaces' Farmer and its successor 1910 –33. He was US secretary of agriculture 1933 –40, US vice president 1941 –45, and US secretary of commerce 1945 –46. He was the presidential candidate for the new Progressive Party in 1948.

 

Wallace, Mike

Wall ace, Mike |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1918 –), US journalist; born Myron Leon Wallace. A news correspondent with CBS from 1963, he appeared on the television news program 60 Minutes from 1968.

 

Wallace, Sir William

Wal |lace |ˈwɒlɪs | ( c. 1270 –1305 ), Scottish national hero. He was a leader of Scottish resistance to Edward I, defeating the English army at Stirling in 1297. After Edward's second invasion of Scotland in 1298 Wallace was defeated and subsequently executed.

 

Wallacea

Wallacea |wɒˈleɪsɪə |Zoology a zoogeographical area constituting a transition zone between the Oriental and Australian regions, east of Wallace's line. It is generally held to comprise Sulawesi and other islands between the two continental shelves. DERIVATIVES Wallacean adjective ORIGIN 1920s: from the name of A. R. Wallace (see Wallace, Alfred Russel ).

 

Wallace's line

Wallace's line Zoology a hypothetical line, proposed by Alfred Russel Wallace, marking the boundary between the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions. Wallace's line is now placed along the continental shelf of SE Asia. To the west of the line Asian mammals predominate, while to the east of it the fauna is dominated by marsupials..

 

Wallachia

Wallachia |wɒˈleɪkɪə |(also Walachia ) a former principality of SE Europe, between the Danube and the Transylvanian Alps. In 1861 it was united with Moldavia to form Romania. DERIVATIVES Wallachian adjective & noun ORIGIN based on a variant of Vlach .

 

wallah

wallah |ˈwɒlə | ▶noun [ in combination or with modifier ] Indian or informal a person concerned or involved with a specified thing or business: a rickshaw-wallah. • a native or inhabitant of a specified place: Bombay wallahs. ORIGIN from the Hindi suffix -vālā ‘doer ’ (commonly interpreted in the sense ‘fellow ’), from Sanskrit pālaka ‘keeper ’.

 

wallaroo

wallaroo |ˌwɒləˈruː | ▶noun a large stocky kangaroo found in hilly country in Australia. ●Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: two species, in particular the common wallaroo (M. robustus ). ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dharuk walaru.

 

Wallasey

Wallasey |ˈwɒləsi | a town in NW England on the Wirral Peninsula; pop. 58,400 (est. 2009 ).

 

Walla Walla

Wal la Wal la |ˌwälə ˈwälə ˌwɑlə ˈwɑlə | a historic commercial and industrial city in southeastern Washington; pop. 30,643 (est. 2008 ).

 

wall bar

wall bar ▶noun (usu. wall bars ) Brit. one of a set of parallel horizontal bars attached to the wall of a gymnasium, on which exercises are performed.

 

wallboard

wall |board |ˈwɔːlbɔːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly N. Amer. a type of board made from wood pulp, plaster, or other material, used for covering walls and ceilings. • [ count noun ] a piece of wallboard.

 

wall brown

wall brown ▶noun a brown Eurasian butterfly with orange markings on the wings, which breeds on grasses. ●Lasiommata megera, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae.

 

wallchart

wall |chart |ˈwɔːltʃɑːt | ▶noun a chart or poster for display on a wall as a teaching aid or source of information.

 

wallcovering

wall |cover |ing |ˈwɔːlkʌv (ə )rɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] material such as wallpaper or textured fabric used as a decorative covering for interior walls.

 

wallcreeper

wall |creep ¦er ▶noun a Eurasian songbird related to the nuthatches, having mainly grey plumage with broad bright red wings, and living among rocks in mountainous country. ●Tichodroma muraria, family Sittidae (or Tichodromadidae ).

 

wall cress

wall cress ▶noun another term for arabis.

 

walled garden

walled gar ¦den ▶noun a garden enclosed by high walls. • Computing & Telecommunications a restricted range of information to which subscribers to a particular service are limited.

 

Wallenberg, Raoul

Wallenberg, Raoul |ˈvɑːlənbəːg | (1912 –?), Swedish diplomat. In 1944 in Budapest he helped many thousands of Jews to escape death by issuing them with Swedish passports. In 1945 he was arrested by Soviet forces and imprisoned in Moscow. Although the Soviet authorities stated that Wallenberg had died in prison in 1947, his fate remains uncertain.

 

Waller, Fats

Waller, Fats |ˈwɒlə | (1904 –43 ), American jazz pianist, songwriter, bandleader, and singer; born Thomas Wright Waller. He was the foremost exponent of the New York ‘stride school ’ of piano playing.

 

wallet

wal ¦let |ˈwɒlɪt | ▶noun a pocket-sized flat folding case for holding money and plastic cards. • archaic a bag for holding provisions, especially when travelling, typically used by pedlars and pilgrims. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a bag for provisions ): probably via Anglo-Norman French from a Germanic word related to well 2. The current sense (originally US ) dates from the mid 19th cent.

 

wall eye

wall eye ▶noun 1 an eye with a streaked or opaque white iris. • an eye squinting outwards. 2 ( walleye ) a North American pikeperch with large, opaque silvery eyes. It is a commercially valuable food fish and a popular sporting fish. ●Stizostedion vitreum, family Percidae. DERIVATIVES wall-eyed adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent.: back-formation from earlier wall-eyed, from Old Norse vagleygr; related to Icelandic vagl ‘film over the eye ’.

 

wallflower

wall |flower |ˈwɔːlflaʊə | ▶noun 1 a southern European plant with fragrant yellow, orange-red, dark red, or brown flowers that bloom in early spring. ●Cheiranthus cheiri, family Cruciferae. 2 informal a shy or excluded person at a dance or party, especially a girl without a partner.

 

wall game

wall game (also Eton wall game ) ▶noun (in the UK ) an early form of football played traditionally at Eton College, in which, in a series of scrimmages, players attempt to take the ball past the opposing team while keeping the ball against a wall.

 

wall hanging

wall hang |ing ▶noun a large decorative piece of fabric or other material hung on the wall of a room.

 

wall-hung

wall-hung ▶adjective another term for wall-mounted.

 

walling

wall |ing |ˈwɔːlɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 a length of wall: the castle's high perimeter walling. • the material from which a wall is built. 2 the action of building a wall.

 

Wallingford

Wal ling ford |ˈwäliNGfərd ˈwɔlɪŋfərd | an industrial town in south central Connecticut; pop. 44,859 (est. 2008 ).

 

Wallis, Sir Barnes Neville

Wal ¦lis |ˈwɒlɪs | (1887 –1979 ), English inventor. His designs include the bouncing bomb used against the Ruhr dams in Germany in the Second World War.

 

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Wallis and Futuna Islands |fəˈtjuːnə | an overseas territory of France comprising two groups of islands to the west of Samoa in the central Pacific; pop. 15,300 (est. 2009 ); capital, Mata-Utu.

 

wall knot

wall knot (also wale knot ) ▶noun a knot made at the end of a rope by intertwining strands to prevent unraveling or act as a stopper.

 

wall knot

wall knot ▶noun another term for wale knot.

 

wall lizard

wall liz ¦ard ▶noun a small brownish-grey Eurasian lizard which typically has black and white bars on the tail, frequently seen on walls and rocks. ●Genus Podarcis, family Lacertidae: several species, in particular P. muralis.

 

wall-mounted

wall-mounted ▶adjective fixed to a wall.

 

Wall of Death

Wall of Death ▶noun a fairground sideshow in which a motorcyclist uses gravitational force to ride around the inside walls of a vertical cylinder.

 

wall of honor

wall of hon or ▶noun a wall on which are inscribed the names of individuals whose acts or achievements are deemed praiseworthy.

 

Walloon

Walloon |wɒˈluːn | ▶noun 1 a member of a people who speak a French dialect and live in southern and eastern Belgium and neighbouring parts of France. Compare with Fleming. 2 [ mass noun ] the French dialect spoken by the Walloons. ▶adjective of or concerning the Walloons or their language. ORIGIN from French Wallon, from medieval Latin Wallo (n- ), from the same Germanic origin as Welsh .

 

wallop

wallop |ˈwɒləp | informal ▶verb ( wallops, walloping, walloped ) [ with obj. ] strike or hit very hard: they walloped the back of his head with a stick | figurative : they were tired of getting walloped with income taxes. • heavily defeat (an opponent ). ▶noun 1 a heavy blow or punch. • [ in sing. ] chiefly N. Amer. a powerful effect: the script packs a wallop . 2 [ mass noun ] Brit. alcoholic drink, especially beer. ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun denoting a horse's gallop ): from Old Northern French walop (noun ), waloper (verb ), perhaps from a Germanic phrase meaning ‘run well ’, from the bases of well 1 and leap. Compare with gallop. From ‘gallop ’ the senses ‘bubbling noise of a boiling liquid ’ and then ‘sound of a clumsy movement ’ arose, leading to the current senses.

 

walloper

wal |lop ¦er |ˈwɒləpə | ▶noun informal 1 a person or thing that wallops someone or something. 2 N. English a strikingly large person or thing. • a blatant lie. 3 Austral. a policeman.

 

walloping

walloping |ˈwɒləpɪŋ | informal ▶noun a beating: she gave him a good walloping. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] large and powerful: a walloping shock.

 

Wallops Island

Wal lops Is land |ˈwäləps ˌwɑləps ˈaɪlənd | an island in eastern Virginia, on the Delmarva Peninsula, the site of a US rocket and high-altitude balloon facility.

 

wallow

wal ¦low |ˈwɒləʊ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 (chiefly of large mammals ) roll about or lie in mud or water, especially to keep cool or avoid biting insects: there were watering places where buffalo liked to wallow. • (of a boat or aircraft ) roll from side to side: a ship wallowing in stormy seas. 2 (wallow in ) (of a person ) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that one finds pleasurable ): I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel | he had been wallowing in self-pity. ▶noun 1 an act of wallowing: a wallow in nostalgia. 2 a depression containing mud or shallow water, formed by the wallowing of large mammals. DERIVATIVES wallower noun ORIGIN Old English walwian ‘to roll about ’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin volvere ‘to roll ’.

 

Wallowa Mountains

Wal low a Moun tains |wäˈlôə ˌwɑlɔə ˈmaʊntənz | a range in northeastern Oregon. The Wallowa River valley, on its east, is home to the Nez Perce Indians.

 

wall painting

wall paint |ing ▶noun a painting made directly on a wall, such as a fresco or mural.

 

wallpaper

wall |paper |ˈwɔːlpeɪpə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] paper that is pasted in vertical strips over the walls of a room to provide a decorative surface. • something, especially music, that provides a bland or unvaried background: soothing sonic wallpaper. • an optional background pattern or picture on a computer screen. ▶verb [ with obj. ] apply wallpaper to (a wall or room ).

 

wall pass

wall pass ▶noun Soccer a short pass to a teammate who immediately returns it; a one-two.

 

wall pepper

wall pep ¦per ▶noun the yellow stonecrop (plant ).

 

wall plate

wall plate ▶noun a timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist.

 

wall plug

wall plug ▶noun a fibre or plastic dowel inserted into a drilled hole to provide a gripping base for a screw.

 

wall pocket

wall pocket ▶noun a receptacle for small household items, designed to hang on a wall. • a vase having one flat side, designed to be hung on a wall.

 

wall rock

wall rock ▶noun Geology the rock adjacent to or enclosing a vein, hydrothermal ore deposit, fault, or other geological feature.

 

wall rocket

wall rocket ▶noun a yellow-flowered European plant which resembles mustard and emits a foul smell when crushed. ●Diplotaxis muralis, family Cruciferae.

 

wall rue

wall rue ▶noun a small delicate spleenwort (fern ) which resembles rue, growing on walls and rocks in both Europe and North America and sensitive to atmospheric pollution. ●Asplenium ruta-muraria, family Aspleniaceae.

 

wall space

wall space ▶noun [ mass noun ] space on the surface of an interior wall, regarded as an area for displaying pictures or similar items.

 

Wall Street

Wall Street a street at the south end of Manhattan, where the New York Stock Exchange and other leading American financial institutions are located. • used allusively to refer to the American money market or financial interests. ORIGIN named after a wooden stockade which was built in 1653 around the original Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.

 

Wall Street Crash

Wall Street Crash the collapse of prices on the New York Stock Exchange in October 1929, a major factor in the early stages of the Depression.

 

wall tent

wall tent ▶noun N. Amer. a tent with nearly perpendicular sides; a frame tent.

 

wall unit

wall u nit ▶noun a piece of furniture having various sections, typically shelves and cabinets, designed to stand against a wall.

 

wallwasher

wall |wash ¦er |ˈwɔːlwɒʃə | ▶noun a lighting fixture designed to illuminate a wall evenly without lighting the floor.

 

wally

wally |ˈwɒli | ▶noun ( pl. wallies ) Brit. informal a silly or inept person. ORIGIN 1960s: perhaps a shortened form of the given name Walter. There are many theories of the origin: one story tells of a Wally who became separated from companions at a 1960s pop festival; the name, announced many times over a loudspeaker, was taken up as a chant by the crowd.

 

wallyball

wal ly ball |ˈwôlēˈbôl, ˈwä -ˈwɔlibɔl | ▶noun a game played on a four-walled court with rules similar to volleyball, and with a ball the same size as but harder than a volleyball. The ball is allowed to bounce once against the ceiling or one of the walls before being returned over the net.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

wall

wall noun 1 brick walls: barrier, partition, enclosure, screen, panel, divider; bulkhead. 2 an ancient city wall: fortification, rampart, barricade, bulwark, stockade. 3 break down the walls that stop world trade: obstacle, barrier, fence; impediment, hindrance, block, roadblock, check. ▶verb 1 tenements walled in the courtyard: enclose, bound, encircle, confine, hem, close in, shut in, fence in. 2 the doorway had been walled up : block, seal, close, brick up. PHRASES go to the wall for informal I never asked you to go the wall for me: risk everything for, do anything for, put one's life on the line for. off the wall informal his outfits are really off the wall. See unconventional.

 

wallet

wallet noun I've got maybe two or three dollars in my wallet: purse, change purse; billfold, pocketbook, fanny pack.

 

wallop

wallop verb informal See thump (sense 1 of the verb ).

 

wallow

wallow verb 1 pigs wallow in the mud: loll about /around, roll about /around, lie about /around, splash about /around; slosh, wade, paddle; informal splosh. 2 a ship wallowing in stormy seas: roll, lurch, toss, plunge, pitch, reel, rock, flounder, keel, list; labor. 3 she seems to wallow in self-pity: luxuriate, bask, take pleasure, take satisfaction, indulge (oneself ), delight, revel, glory; enjoy, like, love, relish, savor; informal get a kick out of, get off on.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

wall

wall noun 1 solid brick walls: barrier, partition, room divider, enclosure, screen, panel, separator; palisade; dam, dyke. 2 an ancient city wall: fortification, rampart, barricade, parapet, bulwark, stockade, bailey, breastwork. 3 we will work to break down the walls that stop world trade: obstacle, barrier, barricade, fence; impediment, hindrance, block, check. PHRASES drive someone up the wall each one had some irritating habit that drove him up the wall: enrage, incense, anger, infuriate, madden, inflame, antagonize, make someone's blood boil, make someone's hackles rise, rub up the wrong way, ruffle someone's feathers, ruffle, peeve; annoy, irritate, exasperate, irk, vex, put out, provoke, pique, gall, displease; informal drive mad /crazy, make someone see red, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get under someone's skin, get up someone's nose, rattle someone's cage; aggravate, get someone, needle, bug, nettle, rile, miff, hack off; Brit. informal wind up, get at, nark, get across, get on someone's wick; N. Amer. informal tee off, tick off, burn up, gravel; vulgar slang piss off; informal, dated give someone the pip; rare empurple. go to the wall informal thousands of businesses are expected to go to the wall this year: fail, collapse, go bankrupt, become insolvent, go into receivership, go into liquidation, crash, fold (up ), go under, founder, be ruined, cave in; informal go broke, go bust, go bump, go belly up, come a cropper, flop. go up the wall informal this causes the dog to go up the wall and bark his head off: lose one's temper, lose control, become enraged, go into a rage, fly into a temper /passion, boil over, boil over with rage, flare up, fire up, go berserk, throw a tantrum, explode; informal blow one's top, fly off the handle, lose one's cool, get mad, go crazy, go wild, go bananas, hit the roof, go through the roof, see red, go off the deep end, blow a fuse /gasket, lose one's rag, go ape, burst a blood vessel, flip, flip one's lid, foam at the mouth, get all steamed up, get worked up, have a fit; Brit. informal go spare, go crackers, do one's nut, get one's knickers in a twist, throw a wobbly; N. Amer. informal flip one's wig, blow one's lid /stack, have a cow, go postal, have a conniption fit; vulgar slang go apeshit. off the wall N. Amer. informal an off-the-wall cable television programme: eccentric, zany, far out, freakish, quirky, idiosyncratic, unconventional, unorthodox, weird, outlandish, offbeat, bizarre, strange, unfamiliar; French outré; informal way-out, wacky, freaky, kooky, screwy, kinky, oddball, cranky; N. Amer. informal in left field. ANTONYMS conventional. ▶verb 1 the tenements walled in the space completely: enclose, bound, encircle, confine, hem, circumscribe, close, shut, fence; separate, partition. 2 one doorway had been walled up : block, seal, close, brick up. WORD LINKS wall mural relating to a wall Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

wallet

wallet noun he pulled out a wallet and took a photograph from it: notecase, purse, pouch, pochette; N. Amer. billfold, pocketbook.

 

wallop

wallop verb informal Grandma walloped him with her stick. See thump.

 

wallow

wallow verb 1 a pond in which water buffalo wallowed: loll about /around, lie about /around, tumble about /around, splash about /around; slosh, wade, paddle, slop, squelch, welter; informal splosh. 2 a ship wallowing in stormy seas: roll, lurch, toss (about ), plunge, reel, sway, rock, flounder, keel, list; labour, make heavy weather. 3 she seems to wallow in her self-pity: luxuriate, bask, take pleasure, take satisfaction, indulge (oneself ), delight, revel, glory; give oneself up to, take to; enjoy, like, love, relish, savour, rejoice in, exult in; informal get a kick /buzz out of, get a kick /buzz from; N. Amer. informal get a bang from, get a charge out of. ANTONYMS eschew.

 

Duden Dictionary

Wall

Wall Substantiv, maskulin , der |W a ll |der Wall; Genitiv: des Wall [e ]s, Wälle mittelhochdeutsch wal, althochdeutsch in: erdēwal < lateinisch vallum = Pfahlwerk auf dem Schanzwall, zu: vallus = (Schanz )pfahl mehr oder weniger hohe Aufschüttung aus Erde, Steinen o. Ä., mit der ein Bereich schützend umgeben oder abgeschirmt wird einen Wall errichten, aufschütten, abtragen | eine von einem hohen Wall , von Wall und Graben umgebene Burg | figurativ ein Wall von Schnee umgab das Haus

 

Wallaby

Wal la by Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈwɔləbi |englisch wallaby, aus einer Sprache der australischen Ureinwohner 1 mittelgroßes Känguru 2 Fell verschiedener Känguruarten

 

Wallace

Wal lace Eigenname |ˈvɔləs |englischer Schriftsteller

 

Wallach

Wal lach Substantiv, maskulin , der |W a llach österreichisch meist vaˈlax |der Wallach; Genitiv: des Wallach [e ]s, Plural: die Wallache, österreichisch meist: Wallachen, Wallachen ursprünglich = das aus der Walachei eingeführte kastrierte Pferd kastriertes männliches Pferd

 

Wallanlage

Wall an la ge Substantiv, feminin früher , die |W a llanlage |[im Wesentlichen ] aus einem Wall bestehende Befestigungsanlage

 

Wälle

Wäl le |W ä lle |Plural von Wall

 

wallen

wal len schwaches Verb |w a llen |mittelhochdeutsch wallen, althochdeutsch wallan, eigentlich = drehen, winden, wälzen 1 a Perfektbildung mit »hat « (von Flüssigkeiten, besonders von Wasser im Zustand des Kochens ) in sich in heftiger Bewegung sein, die an der Oberfläche in einer beständigen Wellenbildung sichtbar wird das Wasser, die Milch wallt [im Topf ] | die Soße kurze Zeit wallen lassen | substantiviert die Suppe zum Wallen bringen | figurativ jemandes Blut zum Wallen bringen (gehoben ; jemanden heftig erregen, zornig machen )b Perfektbildung mit »hat « gehoben (besonders von stehenden Gewässern ) von Grund auf bewegt und aufgewühlt sein und sich an der Oberfläche in wilden Wellen bewegen; wogen die See schäumte und wallte | das Schiff versank in den wallenden Fluten 2 a Perfektbildung mit »hat « gehoben sich in Schwaden hin und her bewegen b Perfektbildung mit »ist « gehoben wallend 2a in eine bestimmte Richtung ziehen o. Ä. Nebel wallte in Schwaden über die Felder 3 Perfektbildung mit »ist « gehoben wogend, in großer Fülle herabfallen, sich bewegen blonde Locken wallten [ihr ] über die Schultern | ein wallender Bart | wallende Gewänder (Gewänder mit reichem Faltenwurf )

 

wallen

wal len schwaches Verb |w a llen |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »ist « mittelhochdeutsch wallen, althochdeutsch wallōn, eigentlich = (umher )schweifen, unstet sein, wohl verwandt mit Wedel a gehoben oder spöttisch feierlich, gemessen einherschreiten b veraltet wallfahren

 

wällen

wäl len schwaches Verb landschaftlich |w ä llen |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « wallen 1a lassen; kochen [lassen ] Fleisch wällen

 

Wallenstein

Wal len stein Eigenname |W a llenstein |Heerführer im Dreißigjährigen Krieg

 

Waller

Wal ler Substantiv, maskulin landschaftlich, österreichisch , der |W a ller |der Waller; Genitiv: des Wallers, Plural: die Waller Nebenform von älter: Waler, mittelhochdeutsch walre = Wels Wels

 

Wallerin

Wal le rin Substantiv, feminin , die |W a llerin |die Wallerin; Genitiv: der Wallerin, Plural: die Wallerinnen weibliche Form zu Waller

 

wallfahren

wall fah ren schwaches Verb |w a llfahren |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »ist « im 16. Jahrhundert bei Luther eine Wallfahrt machen; pilgern sie ist nach Santiago de Compostela gewallfahrt

 

Wallfahrer

Wall fah rer Substantiv, maskulin , der Wallfahrerin |W a llfahrer |jemand, der eine Wallfahrt macht, an einer Wallfahrt teilnimmt

 

Wallfahrerin

Wall fah re rin Substantiv, feminin , die |W a llfahrerin |weibliche Form zu Wallfahrer

 

Wallfahrt

Wall fahrt Substantiv, feminin , die |W a llfahrt |mittelhochdeutsch wallevart aus verschiedenen religiösen Motiven (z. B. Buße, Suche nach Heilung ) unternommene Fahrt, Wanderung zu einem Wallfahrtsort, einer heiligen Stätte

 

Wallfahrtskirche

Wall fahrts kir che Substantiv, feminin , die |W a llfahrtskirche | vgl. Wallfahrtsort

 

Wallfahrtsort

Wall fahrts ort Substantiv, maskulin , der |W a llfahrtsort |Ort mit einer durch ein Gnadenbild, eine Reliquie o. Ä. berühmten Kirche oder einer anderen heiligen Stätte, die Ziel von Wallfahrten ist

 

Wallfahrtsstätte

Wall fahrts stät te Substantiv, feminin , die |W a llfahrtsstätte | vgl. Wallfahrtsort

 

Wallgraben

Wall gra ben Substantiv, maskulin früher , der |W a llgraben |parallel zu einem eine Burg o. Ä. umgebenden Wall verlaufender Graben

 

Wallholz

Wall holz Substantiv, Neutrum schweizerisch , das |W a llholz |das Wallholz; Genitiv: des Wallholzes, Wallhölzer zu mundartlich walen = (sich ) wälzen Nudelholz

 

Walli

Wal li Eigenname |W a lli |weiblicher Vorname

 

Wallis

Wal lis Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W a llis |das Wallis; Genitiv: des Wallis Schweizer Kanton

 

Walliser

Wal li ser Adjektiv |W a lliser |indeklinables Adjektiv

 

Walliser

Wal li ser Substantiv, maskulin , der |W a lliser |der Walliser; Genitiv: des Wallisers, Plural: die Walliser Einwohnerbezeichnung

 

Walliser Alpen

Wal li ser Al pen Pluralwort , die |W a lliser A lpen |

 

Walliserin

Wal li se rin Substantiv, feminin , die |W a lliserin |weibliche Form zu Walliser

 

walliserisch

wal li se risch Adjektiv |w a lliserisch |das Wallis, die Walliser betreffend; von den Wallisern stammend, zu ihnen gehörend

 

Wallone

Wal lo ne Substantiv, maskulin , der |Wall o ne |der Wallone; Genitiv: des Wallonen, Plural: die Wallonen Angehöriger der französische Mundarten sprechenden Bevölkerung Belgiens

 

Wallonie

Wal lo nie Substantiv, feminin Wallonien |Wallon ie |Gebiet in Belgien, in dem Wallonisch geprochen wird

 

Wallonien

Wal lo ni en Eigenname Wallonie |Wall o nien |Walloniens Gebiet in Belgien, in dem Wallonisch geprochen wird

 

Wallonin

Wal lo nin Substantiv, feminin , die |Wall o nin |weibliche Form zu Wallone

 

wallonisch

wal lo nisch Adjektiv |wall o nisch |Wallonien, die Wallonen betreffend; von den Wallonen stammend, zu ihnen gehörend

 

Wallonisch

Wal lo nisch Substantiv, Neutrum , das Wallonische |Wall o nisch |das Wallonisch; Genitiv: des Wallonisch [s ] von den Wallonen gesprochenes Französisch

 

Wallonische

Wal lo ni sche substantiviertes Adjektiv, Neutrum nur mit bestimmtem Artikel Wallonisch |Wall o nische |das Wallonische; des Wallonischen von den Wallonen gesprochenes Französisch

 

Wall Street

Wall Street , Wall street Substantiv, feminin Wirtschaft , die Wallstreet |ˈwɔːl striːt |die Wall Street; Genitiv: der Wall Street die Wallstreet; Genitiv: der Wallstreet a (als Bankzentrum geltende ) Geschäftsstraße in New York b Geld- und Kapitalmarkt der USA

 

Wallung

Wal lung Substantiv, feminin , die |W a llung |die Wallung; Genitiv: der Wallung, Plural: die Wallungen 1 das Wallen 1 ; heftige Bewegung [an der Oberfläche ] das Wasser im Topf kommt in Wallung | der Sturm brachte den See in Wallung | figurativ er, sein Gemüt, sein Blut geriet in Wallung (er geriet in heftige Erregung ) | figurativ etwas hatte sie in Wallung gebracht (zornig gemacht ) | figurativ eine heftige Wallung des Zorns, der Eifersucht 2 a Medizin Blutwallung etwas macht, verursacht Wallungen | an Wallungen leiden b Medizin Hitzewallung, fliegende Hitze Wallungen haben, kriegen

 

Wally

Wal ly Eigenname |W a lly …li |weiblicher Vorname

 

French Dictionary

wallon

wallon , onne adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin De la Wallonie (Belgique du Sud ). : Un journal wallon. Un Wallon, une Wallonne. Note Typographique L ’adjectif s ’écrit avec une minuscule; le nom, avec une majuscule. nom masculin Dialecte parlé dans cette partie de la Belgique. : Jacques parle le wallon. Note Typographique Le nom du dialecte s ’écrit avec une minuscule. Prononciation Le w se prononce w, [walɔ̃, ɔn ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

wall

wall /wɔːl /〖原義は 「城壁 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 (部屋 建物の )壁 , 内壁 ; 〖形容詞的に 〗壁の, 壁用の ▸ hang a picture on the wall 壁に絵を掛ける ▸ lean against the wall 壁にもたれる ▸ wall hangings 壁掛け ▸ a wall phone 壁掛け用電話機 ▸ Walls have ears .｟ことわざ ｠壁に耳あり .2 (石 れんがなどの )塀 , 垣 ; 〖通例 ～s 〗城壁 ; 防壁 ▸ a brick [stone ] wall れんが [石 ]塀 ▸ climb up to the top of the wall 塀のてっぺんによじ登る 3 (器官 容器などの )内 [外 ]壁, 側壁 (!修飾語を伴って ) ▸ the walls of the blood vessels 血管壁 4 〖通例 a /the ～ of A 〗壁のようなA, (壁のように )高くそびえるA ▸ a wall of flame [water ]炎 [水 ]の壁 ▸ a wall of books うずたかく積まれた本 5 〖通例単数形で 〗障壁, 障害 ▸ break down a wall of silence 沈黙の壁を破る cl ì mb [cr à wl ] (ù p ) the w á ll (s )｟くだけて ｠〖通例進行形で 〗(思い通りにできずに )いらいらしている, 気が違いそうである .dr ì ve [p ù sh, s è nd ] A to the w á ll ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉を窮地に追い込む .dr ì ve [s è nd ] A ù p the w á ll ｟くだけた話 ｠A 〈人 〉を激怒させる, いらいらさせる .g ò to the w á ll 1 ｟英 くだけて ｠事業に失敗する ; 破産する .2 ｟くだけて ｠ «…を » 全力で支持 [支援 ]する «for » .3 負ける ; わきへ追いやられる .go ù p the w á ll ｟英話 ｠かんかんに怒る, 頭にくる .h ì t the w á ll ｟くだけて ｠(スポーツで )体力が限界に達する .n à il A to the w á ll ｟主に米 ｠A 〈人 〉を厳罰に処す .ò ff the w á ll (s )｟米俗 ｠とっぴょうしもない, 普通でない .th è se four w á lls ｟話 ｠(自分がいる )この部屋, (自分だけの )この空間 .動詞 他動詞 1 〖be ～ed 〗塀 [壁 ]で囲まれる, 城壁をめぐらされる (in )▸ My garden is walled in and has a lot of trees .うちの庭は塀で囲ってあり木がたくさん植えてある 2 «…から » …を壁 [塀 ]で仕切る (off ) «from » (!しばしば受け身で ) .3 (壁 石などで )〈入口 窓など 〉を塞 （ふさ ）ぐ (up ).4 «…に » …を閉じ込める (up, in ) «in » (!しばしば受け身で ) .～́ b à rs (体育用 )肋木 （ろくぼく ）.～́ c ò vering 壁紙 .～́ cr è eper 〘鳥 〙カベバシリ .～́ p à inting 壁画 〘フレスコなど 〙.～́ s ò cket (壁に取り付けた )コンセント .W -́ Str è et 1 ウォール街 〘New York市Manhattan区の証券取引所がある米国金融界の中心地 〙.2 米国金融市場 .

 

wallaby

wal la by /wɑ́ləbi |wɔ́l -/名詞 複 -bies 1 C 〘動 〙ワラビー 〘小形のカンガルーに似た動物 〙.2 〖the Wallabies 〗ワラビーズ 〘オーストラリア代表ラグビーチーム 〙.

 

Wallace

Wal lace /wɑ́ləs |wɔ́l -/名詞 ウォーレス 〘男の名; ｟愛称 ｠Wally 〙.

 

wallboard

w á ll b ò ard 名詞 U C 壁張り用材 ; 人造壁板 .

 

wallchart

w á ll ch à rt 名詞 C (教室などの壁に張る )絵図表, 掲示 .

 

walled

walled 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗壁をめぐらした, 塀 [城壁 ]で囲まれた 〈庭 都市など 〉.

 

wallet

wal let /wɑ́lət |wɔ́l -/〖語源は 「衣類などを入れる袋 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 (革 ビニールの )札入れ , 財布 (｟米 ｠billfold )(→purse 類義 ).2 ｟英 ｠書類入れ, ブリーフケース .3 ｟古 ｠(巡礼 乞食 （こじき ）などの )合切袋 , 雑嚢 （のう ）.

 

walleye

w á ll è ye 名詞 C U 1 外斜視 .2 角膜が白濁した目 .3 ＝walleyed pike .

 

wall(-)eyed

w à ll (-)é yed 形容詞 角膜の白く濁った, 白目の ; 外斜視の .～̀ p í ke 〘魚 〙(目玉の大きい )パーチ科の食用淡水魚 .

 

wallflower

w á ll fl ò wer 名詞 C 1 ｟くだけて ｠壁の花 〘パーティなどでダンスや会話の輪に入らない人 〙.2 〘植 〙ニオイアラセイトウ 〘黄や赤の花が咲く香りのよい庭園植物 〙.

 

wall-mounted

w à ll-m ó unt ed /-ɪd /形容詞 壁にかかった [取り付けられた ].

 

wallop

wal lop /wɑ́ləp |wɔ́l -/ (!｟くだけて ｠) 動詞 他動詞 1 〈人が 〉〈人 物 〉を手で激しくたたく, (鈍い音を出して )打つ .2 【試合 コンテストなどで 】〈相手 〉に大勝する «at » .名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗強打 ; たたく鈍い音 .

 

walloping

w á l lop ing 形容詞 ｟話 ｠ばかでかい ; ひどい .名詞 C ｟話 ｠強打 ; 完敗 .

 

wallow

wal low /wɑ́loʊ |wɔ́l -/動詞 自動詞 1 ｟否定的に ｠〈人が 〉【悪い状況で 】(悲しんで )同情をかおうとする ; 【感情などに 】おぼれる, ひたる «in » ▸ wallow in self-pity [despair, defeat ]自己憐憫 （れんびん ）[絶望, 敗北感 ]にひたる 2 〈動物 人が 〉【泥 水などの中で 】(喜んで )転げまわる, 横たわる «in » .3 〈船などが 〉 (荒波の中で )もまれる, 激しく揺れる .名詞 C 1 «…に » つかること, ふけること «in » .2 (動物が )泥浴びをする場所, 水浴び場 .

 

wallpaper

w á ll p à per 名詞 1 U C 壁紙 .2 U C 〘コンピュ 〙壁紙 〘デスクトップの背景模様 〙.3 U ｟否定的に ｠〖しばしば形容詞的に 〗(壁紙のように )だれも注目しない, おもしろくもなんともない 〈音楽 テレビ 芸術など 〉.動詞 他動詞 〈部屋など 〉に壁紙を貼る, …を壁紙で飾る .～́ p à ste 壁紙用のり .

 

wall-to-wall

w à ll-to-w á ll 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 床を全部覆う, 床一面の 〈カーペットなど 〉.2 ｟くだけて 否定的に ｠すべて覆いつくした, 埋めつくした ; ひっきりなしの, どこにでもある .

 

wally

wal ly /wɑ́li |wɔ́li /名詞 複 -lies C ｟英 くだけて ｠愚か者, ばか .