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bar up

bar up verb: to fit (e.g. a window or door) with bars; to otherwise block or dam up.

Verb

bar up (third-person singular simple present bars up, present participle barring up, simple past and past participle barred up)

  1. (ambitransitive) To fit (e.g. a window or door) with bars; to otherwise block or dam up.
  2. (dated, transitive) To imprison (someone); to chain up (someone).

Forms of bar up

third-person singular presentbars up
present participlebarring up
past participlebarred up
pastbarred up

Questions about bar up

What does bar up mean?
Bar up means to fit (e.g. a window or door) with bars; to otherwise block or dam up.
What part of speech is bar up?
Bar up is a verb.
What is the past tense of bar up?
The past tense of bar up is barred up.

Words near bar up in the dictionary

  1. bar syrup
  2. bar table
  3. bar tables
  4. bar tack
  5. bar tacks
  6. bar up
  7. bar whore
  8. bar whores
  9. bar-
  10. bar-and-dot
  11. bar-b-cued

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