Wall Designs With Tiles

wall

As noun

any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc

: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc

Usually, walls

a rampart raised for defensive purposes

an immaterial or intangible barrier, obstruction, etc

, suggesting a wall:a wall of prejudice

a wall-like, enclosing part, thing, mass, etc

:a wall of fire; a wall of troops

an embankment to prevent flooding, as a levee or sea wall

the outermost film or layer of structural material protecting, surrounding, and defining the physical limits of an object:the wall of a blood cell

Soccer

a line of defenders standing shoulder to shoulder in an attempt to block a free kick with their bodies

Mining

the side of a level or drift

the overhanging or underlying side of a vein; a hanging wall or footwall

As adjective

of or relating to a wall:wall space

growing against or on a wall:wall plants; wall cress

situated, placed, or installed in or on a wall:wall oven; a wall safe

As verb (used with object)

to enclose, shut off, divide, protect, border, etc

, with or as if with a wall (often followed by in or off):to wall the yard; to wall in the play area; He is walled in by lack of opportunity

to seal or fill (a doorway or other opening) with a wall:to wall an unused entrance

to seal or entomb (something or someone) within a wall (usually followed by up):The workmen had walled up the cat quite by mistake

As Idioms

climb (the) walls, Slang

to become tense or frantic:climbing the walls with boredom

drive / push to the wall, to force into a desperate situation; humiliate or ruin completely:Not content with merely winning the match, they used every opportunity to push the inferior team to the wall

go over the wall, Slang

to break out of prison:Roadblocks have been set up in an effort to capture several convicts who went over the wall

go to the wall, to be defeated in a conflict or competition; yield

to fail in business, especially to become bankrupt

to be put aside or forgotten

to take an extreme and determined position or measure: I'd go to the wall to stop him from resigning

hit the wall, (of long-distance runners) to reach a point in a race, usually after miles, when the body's fuels are virtually depleted and willpower becomes crucial to be able to finish

off the wall, Slang

beyond the realm of acceptability or reasonableness: The figure you quoted for doing the work is off the wall

markedly out of the ordinary; eccentric; bizarre: Some of the clothes in the fashion show were too off the wall for the average customer

up against the wall, placed against a wall to be executed by a firing squad

in a crucial or critical position, especially one in which defeat or failure seems imminent: Unless sales improve next month, the company will be up against the wall

up the wall, Slang

into an acutely frantic, frustrated, or irritated state:The constant tension in the office is driving everyone up the wall

designs

As verb (used with object)

to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of:to design a new bridge

to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully

to intend for a definite purpose:a scholarship designed for foreign students

to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan:The prisoner designed an intricate escape

to assign in thought or intention; purpose:He designed to be a doctor

Obsolete

to mark out, as by a sign; indicate

As verb (used without object)

to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans

to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc

As noun

an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed

organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art; composition

the combination of details or features of a picture, building, etc

; the pattern or motif of artistic work:the design on a bracelet

the art of designing:a school of design

a plan or project:a design for a new process

a plot or intrigue, especially an underhand, deceitful, or treacherous one:His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him

designs, a hostile or aggressive project or scheme having evil or selfish motives:He had designs on his partner's stock

intention; purpose; end

adaptation of means to a preconceived end

with

As preposition

accompanied by; accompanying:I will go with you

He fought with his brother against the enemy

in some particular relation to (especially implying interaction, company, association, conjunction, or connection):I dealt with the problem

She agreed with me

characterized by or having:a person with initiative

(of means or instrument) by the use of; using:to line a coat with silk; to cut with a knife

(of manner) using or showing:to work with diligence

in correspondence, comparison, or proportion to:Their power increased with their number

How does their plan compare with ours?

in regard to:to be pleased with a gift

(of cause) owing to:to die with pneumonia; to pale with fear

in the region, sphere, or view of:It is day with us while it is night with the Chinese

(of separation) from:to part with a thing

against, as in opposition or competition:He fought with his brother over the inheritance

in the keeping or service of:to leave something with a friend

in affecting the judgment, estimation, or consideration of:Her argument carried a lot of weight with the trustees

at the same time as or immediately after; upon:And with that last remark, she turned and left

of the same opinion or conviction as:Are you with me or against me?

in proximity to or in the same household as:He lives with his parents

(used as a function word to specify an additional circumstance or condition):We climbed the hill, with Jeff following behind

As Idioms

in with

in (def )

with child, pregnant

with it, Slang

knowledgeable about, sympathetic to, or partaking of the most up-to-date trends, fashions, art, etc

representing or characterized by the most up-to-date trends, fashions, art, etc

with that

that (def )

tiles

As noun

a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment

any of various similar slabs or pieces, as of linoleum, stone, rubber, or metal

tiles collectively

a pottery tube or pipe used for draining land

Also called hollow tile

any of various hollow or cellular units of burnt clay or other materials, as gypsum or cinder concrete, for building walls, partitions, floors, and roofs, or for fireproofing steelwork or the like

Informal

a stiff hat or high silk hat

As verb (used with object), tiled, tiling

to cover with or as with tiles