barred Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb prevent from entering; keep out
   debar; bar; exclude.
   
   • He was barred from membership in the club
2. verb render unsuitable for passage
   bar; block up; stop; blockade; barricade; block off; block.
   
   • block the way
   • barricade the streets
   • stop the busy road
3. verb expel, as if by official decree
   relegate; bar; banish.
   
   • he was banished from his own country
4. verb secure with, or as if with, bars
   bar.
   
   • He barred the door
5. adjective satellite preventing entry or exit or a course of action
   barricaded; blockaded.
   
   • a barricaded street
   • barred doors
   • the blockaded harbor
6. adjective satellite marked with stripes or bands
   

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