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[wo:l] 1. noun1) (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.) zid2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) stena2. 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- have one's back to the wall
- up the wall* * *I [wɔ:l]1.nounstena, zid (tudi figuratively); (trdnjavsko) obzidje; plural military utrdbe, nasip, okop; ločilna stena, pregraja, bariera; del pločnika ob ziduwithin the walls — znotraj zidov, v notranjosti mesta, figuratively znotraj (nekega področja)within four walls figuratively strogo zaupnowith one's back to the wall figuratively v težavnem položaju, v škripcihto be up against a brick wall figuratively ne moči (iti) naprejto give s.o. the wall — odstopiti komu prostor, da lahko gre ob zidu (kot počastitev), figuratively pustiti komu prednostto go to the wall figuratively biti pritisnjen ob zid, biti premagan, podleči, propasti; pasti pod stečajto meet a dead wall figuratively ne naleteti na razumevanjeto paint the devil on the wall figuratively slikati vraga na zidto run one's head against a wall figuratively hoteti z glavo skoz zid, skušati napraviti nekaj nemogočegato see through brick wall figuratively biti zelo bisterto send s.o. to the wall — pritisniti koga ob zid, pognati koga v škripceto take the wall of s.o. — ne odstopiti komu mesta ob zidu; imeti prednost pred kom;2.adjectivestenski; zidniwall crane technical konzolno dvigalowall fruit agronomy špalirsko sadjewall game sport vrsta nogometa (v Etonu)wall lizard zoology sivi kuščarwall newspaper — stenski časopis, stenčaswall painting — stensko slikarstvo, slika na zidu, freskaWall Street (W.S.) American finančna četrt v New Yorku; figuratively moč ameriškega kapitala (denarja, financ)wall tree agronomy špalirno drevowall walk — pokrit hodnik na grajskem, mestnem zidu za obramboII [wɔ:l]transitive verbobdati, utrditi z zidom ( a town — mesto); figuratively obkrožiti, obkoliti, zapreti -
2 wale knot
[wéilnɔt]nounnautical (= wall knot) vozel na koncu vrvi
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Wall knot — Wall Wall, n. (Naut.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale. [1913 Webster] {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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wall knot — noun : an overhand or double knot that is crowned or double crowned and made by interweaving the unlaid strands at the end of a rope * * * wall knot or (properly) wale knot noun A nautical method of tying the strands at the end of a rope • • •… … Useful english dictionary
wall knot — noun another term for wale knot … English new terms dictionary
wall-knot — … Useful english dictionary
Wall — Wall, n. (Naut.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale. [1913 Webster] {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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wall a rope — To make a wall knot on the end of a rope • • • Main Entry: ↑wall … Useful english dictionary
wall — n. & v. n. 1 a a continuous and usu. vertical structure of usu. brick or stone, having little width in proportion to its length and height and esp. enclosing, protecting, or dividing a space or supporting a roof. b the surface of a wall, esp.… … Useful english dictionary
knot — Synonyms and related words: Blackwall hitch, Chinese puzzle, Flemish knot, French shroud knot, German knot, Gordian knot, Matthew Walker knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, Windsor knot, accouple, accumulate, adhesive, affix, affixation, agglutinate … Moby Thesaurus
wall and crown — noun : a single wall knot with a crown … Useful english dictionary
Knot theory — A three dimensional depiction of a thickened trefoil knot, the simplest non trivial knot … Wikipedia
wall — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. side, partition, bulkhead, flange, splashboard; rampart, defense; barrier; fence; cliff, precipice; levee, dike, seawall; (pl.) prison. See enclosure, hindrance, vertical, circumscription. II (Roget s … English dictionary for students