barring

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/ˈbɑːɹɪŋ(ɡ)/ English

Definitions

verb

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.“bar the door”
To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

noun

(collective) Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
The act of fitting or closing something with bars.
The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.

preposition

Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of.“Barring any further red tape, we will finally be able to open the restaurant.”

Related words

Synonyms

block hinder obstruct ban interdict prohibit tacking apart from except for save for blackball restraining prevention subject prohibition banning withholding forbidding

Associated

streaking unforeseen rufous fret buff belly barred spotting paler feathers plumage blackish

Rhymes

jarring marring sparring starring charring scarring tarring taring parring gnarring

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