Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked with bars or stripes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Secured with a bar or bars: as, “the close-barred portal,”
- Furnished or made with bars: as, a five-barred gate.
- Obstructed by a bar, as a harbor.
- Striped; streaked: used especially of textile fabrics: as, “barred al of silk,”
- In music: Marked off by bars. Same as
barré , 2. - In heraldry, same as
barry .
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- adjective Having
bars , striped. - adjective Prevented.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
bar .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked with stripes or bands
- adjective preventing entry or exit or a course of action
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Examples
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So long as a man's vagaries did no special hurt to the community, the community let the man alone, nor was Pentfield barred from the cabins of men who possessed white wives.
THE FAITH OF MEN 2010
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Week by week more of the socialist papers were barred from the mails, and in a number of instances the Black Hundreds destroyed the socialist presses.
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Companies found in violation of the U.S. law risk being barred from the American financial system or from receiving U.S. government contracts.
U.S. Slams Firms Over Ties to Iran Jay Solomon 2010
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The Spanish mountain specialist was unable to defend his title last year because Astana was barred from the race because of doping scandals.
Cavendish wins 10th stage; no changes in overall standings 2009
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Both were suspended and barred from the red and yellow-striped fleet when their weight reached around 20 stone, apparently too much for the relatively cramped cabins and seats.
Strike threatened after Blackpool bus drivers suspended for being 'too fat' Martin Wainwright 2010
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In an arena dominated by men, however, Mary is barred from the academic community; as a young woman with unusual interests she is suspected of sinful behavior.
Remarkable Creatures: Summary and book reviews of Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier. 2010
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This committee should be disbanded and a new one formed, and all the participants of the secret meetings should be barred from the new committee.
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There is also immense curiosity about the possible fallout from Presidents Obama and Chavez being in the same room, not to mention rife speculation over Cuba, the only nation barred from the Summit.
Global Voices in English » Americas: The 5th Summit Gets Underway 2009
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This committee should be disbanded and a new one formed, and all the participants of the secret meetings should be barred from the new committee.
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NEW YORK — A key government witness has been barred from the trial of a Tanzanian man accused in a plot to bomb two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, delaying the case until next week.
Embassy-Bombing Trial Delayed After Judge Blocks Witness Chad Bray 2010
agustinolvera commented on the word barred
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer pg. 250
"His spirit slipped away to the final lands that were barred to the Taha Aki for all eternity."
December 2, 2010