barred

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
• Homophone: bard

Etymology 1

Verb

barred

1. simple past and past participle of bar

   He barred the door at evening.

Adjective

barred (comparative more barred, superlative most barred)

1. Having bars; striped.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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.

2. 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

• Bulgarian: нашарен на ивици (našaren na ivici)
• Czech: proužkovaný
• Finnish: raidallinen (fi)

Prevented

• Bulgarian: изключен (izključen), забранен (bg) (zabranen)
• Finnish: suljettu (fi), kielletty (fi)
• Swedish: avstängd (sv) (barred from police, military, practicing medicine, law, etc.)

Etymology 2

Verb

barred

1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of barr

Anagrams

• Berard, Brader

Spanish

Verb

barred

1. second-person plural imperative of barrer