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• Фразовый глагол, означающий окружить или оградить что-либо стеной или барьером.

A phrasal verb meaning to enclose or surround something with a wall or barrier.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Enclose with a wallformal

   To surround or enclose an area with a wall, often for protection or privacy.

   Обнести стеной

   • They decided to wall in the garden to keep the animals out.
   • The ancient city was walled in for defense.
   • He walled in the backyard to create a private space.

   Synonymsboundcircumscribeencircleenclosefence ingirdlehedge inringsurround

   Antonymsexposefreeopen

2. Confine or restrictinformal

   To restrict someone or something within a limited space, often metaphorically.

   Ограничивать

   • She felt walled in by the strict rules of the office.
   • The small apartment walls him in, making him feel claustrophobic.
   • They walled in the prisoners in a tiny cell.

   Synonymsbox incageconfinecoop upenclosehem inimmurelimitpenrestrict

   Antonymsfreeliberaterelease

Base verbwall