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Past tense for to enclose or confine with a wall
“Mountains, the sierras of many a fireside dream, seemed to wall in the town.”
Past tense for to separate or partition into separate areas using a wall
“It required eight days to wall off the two mines, and thirty-six brick stoppings were built to separate the two mines.”
Past tense for to block or seal a place by building a wall around or across it
“After he had piled up his materials in one part of the room, he proceeded to wall up the space between the feet of a chest of drawers.”
Past tense for to secure by building defenses around
Physically strengthened or protected against attacks
Delimited or surrounded, e.g. by a border of sorts
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