Search Result:barring


KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋbɑrIŋ 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊbɑːriŋ 〕


Overview of noun barring

The noun barring has 1 sense


  • barring, blackball -- (the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto)


Overview of verb bar

The verb bar has 4 senses


  • bar, debar, exclude -- (prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club")

  • barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar -- (render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road")

  • banish, relegate, bar -- (expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country")

  • bar -- (secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door")