wall

[wo:l] 1. noun

1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) zid

2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) stena

2. verb

((often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall: We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.) ograditi z zidom

- walled

- -walled
- wallpaper 3. verb

(to put such paper on: I have wallpapered the front room.) obložiti s tapetami

- wall-to-wall

- have one's back to the wall
- up the wall

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I [wɔ:l]

1.

noun

stena, zid (tudi figuratively); (trdnjavsko) obzidje; plural military utrdbe, nasip, okop; ločilna stena, pregraja, bariera; del pločnika ob zidu

within the walls — znotraj zidov, v notranjosti mesta, figuratively znotraj (nekega področja)

within four walls figuratively strogo zaupno

with one's back to the wall figuratively v težavnem položaju, v škripcih

walls have ears — stene (zidovi) imajo ušesa

to be up against a brick wall figuratively ne moči (iti) naprej

to give s.o. the wall — odstopiti komu prostor, da lahko gre ob zidu (kot počastitev), figuratively pustiti komu prednost

to go to the wall figuratively biti pritisnjen ob zid, biti premagan, podleči, propasti; pasti pod stečaj

to meet a dead wall figuratively ne naleteti na razumevanje

to paint the devil on the wall figuratively slikati vraga na zid

to run one's head against a wall figuratively hoteti z glavo skoz zid, skušati napraviti nekaj nemogočega

to see through brick wall figuratively biti zelo bister

to send s.o. to the wall — pritisniti koga ob zid, pognati koga v škripce

to take the wall of s.o. — ne odstopiti komu mesta ob zidu; imeti prednost pred kom;

2.

adjective

stenski; zidni

wall clock — stenska ura

wall crane technical konzolno dvigalo

wall creeper — skalni plezavček (ptič)

wall fruit agronomy špalirsko sadje

wall game sport vrsta nogometa (v Etonu)

wall knot — vozel na koncu vrvi

wall lizard zoology sivi kuščar

wall map — stenski zemljevid

wall newspaper — stenski časopis, stenčas

wall painting — stensko slikarstvo, slika na zidu, freska

Wall Street (W.S.) American finančna četrt v New Yorku; figuratively moč ameriškega kapitala (denarja, financ)

wall tower — stolp v obzidju

wall tree agronomy špalirno drevo

wall walk — pokrit hodnik na grajskem, mestnem zidu za obrambo

II [wɔ:l]

transitive verb

obdati, utrditi z zidom (a town — mesto); figuratively obkrožiti, obkoliti, zapreti

to wall off — ločiti z zidom (from od)

to wall in — obzidati, ograditi z zidom (a garden — vrt)

to wall up — zazidati (an aperture — odprtino)