barred
/ˈbɑː(ɹ)d/
barred is the simple past and past participle of bar.
barred is the simple past and past participle of barr.
Adjective
barred (comparative more barred, superlative most barred)
- Having bars; striped.
- Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Prevented, either by a physical barrier or by conditions.
- He is barred by term limits from running for a third term in office.
- Indicating the start and end of words using thicker lines instead of black squares.
- The majority of the first 114 puzzles were of a 15 x 15 design, since when all the puzzles have been on a 14 x 14 barred grid, with one exception.1976, Games & Puzzles
- In this section of a barred crossword, the positions of 12 across and 9 down are highlighted.2012 October 15, Denise Sutherland, Solving Cryptic Crosswords For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 115
- Antonyms:
- blocked
- High on Xanax.
Meaning of bar
Verb
bar (third-person singular simple present bars, present participle barring, simple past and past participle barred)
- To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
- Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.
- To prohibit.
- I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.
- To lock or bolt with a bar.
- to bar the door
- To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
- I lived in a hut in the yard. To be out of the chaos I would sometimes get into the accountant’s office. It was built of horizontal planks, and so badly put together that, as he bent over his high desk, he was barred from neck to heels with narrow strips of sunlight.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 208...
Meaning of barr
Verb
barr (third-person singular simple present barrs, present participle barring, simple past and past participle barred)
- To make the sound of an elephant.
- He gave us also the example of the Philosopher, who, when he thought most seriously to have withdrawn himself unto a solitary Privacy, far from the rufling Clutterments of the tumultuous and confused World, the better to improve his Theory, to contrive, comment, and ratiocinate, was...1737, François Rabelais, translated by Thomas Urquhart, The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais
Antonyms of barred
Forms of barred
| comparative | more barred |
|---|---|
| superlative | most barred |
Origin of barred
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from barred
Phrases with barred
- barred up
- barred off
- barred out
- barred owl
- barred down
- barred owls
- barred tinamou
- barred warbler
- barred tinamous
- barred warblers
- no holds barred
- no holes barred
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Words that rhyme with barred
Questions about barred
- What does barred mean?
- Barred means having bars; striped.
- What is barred the simple past and past participle of?
- Barred is the simple past and past participle of bar.
- What part of speech is barred?
- Barred is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce barred?
- Barred is pronounced /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d/ (UK).
Words near barred in the dictionary
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