American English pronunciation
How to pronounce barred
IPA transcription: ['bɑɹd]
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Verb
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render unsuitable for passage
“block the way”
“barricade the streets”
“stop the busy road”
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prevent from entering; keep out
“He was barred from membership in the club”
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expel, as if by official decree
“he was banished from his own country”
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secure with, or as if with, bars
“He barred the door”
Adjective
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preventing entry or exit or a course of action
“a barricaded street”
“barred doors”
“the blockaded harbor”
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marked with stripes or bands
Usage examples
- The door was barred, locked, and bolted as well.
- The Italian fleet's orders barred it from a decisive encounter.
- "Idiots" are also barred from voting in British parliamentary elections.
- Having been convicted of a felony, he was disbarred from the practice of law.
- The Cistercians were expelled from Sovin, and barred from returning despite multiple respective efforts.
- Blockhouses were normally entered via a sturdy, barred door at ground level.
- The door was barred, locked, and bolted as well.
- The door was barred, locked, and bolted as well.
- The door was barred, locked, and bolted as well.
- The door was barred, locked, and bolted as well.