barring
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 Bar v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barred (bärd); p. pr. & vb. n. Barring.]
 1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
 2. To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.
    He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon.   --Hawthorne.
 3. To except; to exclude by exception.
 Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me
 By what we do to-night.   --Shak.
 4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
    For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have barred them singly.   --Burney.
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 bar
      n 1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
           over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at
           the bar" [syn: barroom, saloon, ginmill, taproom]
      2: a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a
         hot dog and a coke at the bar"
      3: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening
         or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows
         to prevent escape"
      4: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
         "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
         [syn: measure]
      5: an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;
         "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
      6: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving";
         "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of
         influenza" [syn: prevention]
      7: (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes
         per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have
         used bar for one dyne per square centimeter"
      8: a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along
         a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the
         river"
      9: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a
         particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in
         New Jersey" [syn: legal profession, legal community]
      10: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of
          chocolate" [syn: cake]
      11: a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated
          by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World
          War I and in World War II and in the Korean War [syn: Browning
          automatic rifle]
      12: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as
          they perform exercises
      13: a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire
          with three bars"
      14: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom
          where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;
          "spectators were not allowed past the bar"
      v 1: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from
           membership in the club" [syn: debar, exclude]
      2: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade
         the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade, block,
          blockade, stop, block off, block up]
      3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
         own country" [syn: banish, relegate]
      4: secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant:
          unbar]
      [also: barring, barred]
 barring
      n : the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
          [syn: blackball]
 barring
      See bar