barred
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Verb
barred
- simple past tense and past participle of bar
- He barred the door at evening.
Adjective
barred (comparative more barred, superlative most barred)
- Having bars; striped.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess:
- 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.
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- Prevented, either by a physical barrier or by conditions.
- He is barred by term limits from running for a third term in office.
Translations
Having bars, striped
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Prevented
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Verb
barred
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of barr
Anagrams
- Berard, Brader
Spanish
Verb
barred
- second-person plural imperative of barrer