Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).

    Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.

    blockieren, versperren

    преграждатьpregraždatʹ

    render unsuitable for passage

  2. (transitive)To prohibit.

    I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.

    verbieten

    исключатьisključatʹ, отстранятьotstranjatʹ

  3. (transitive)To lock or bolt with a bar.

    to bar the door

    versperren

  4. To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

    secure with, or as if with, bars

Examples

1248 sentences
  1. Everybody went to the same bar.

    Усі пішли до одного бару. — deniko

  2. Tom sat at the bar by himself.

    Том сидів у барі насамоті. — shanghainese

  3. I sat at the bar by myself.

    Я сидів у барі сам. — deniko

    ruЯ сидел в баре один. — marafon

    deIch saß alleine an der Bar. — MisterTrouser

  4. I sat at the bar with Tom.

    Я сидів у барі з Томом. — deniko

    ruЯ сел за барную стойку рядом с Томом. — sharptoothed

  5. I don't go to bars very often.

    Я нечасто ходжу до барів. — deniko

    deIch gehe nicht oft in Kneipen. — Waldelfe

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to obstruct the passage of:
to prohibit:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to obstruct the passage of:
to prohibit:

Origin

From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”)

From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar.

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Forms

bars, barring, barred, barred
Base formbar · to bar
3rd person singularbars
Present participlebarring
Past simplebarred
Past participlebarred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybar
he, she, itbars

Past simpleLesson

all personsbarred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave barred
he, she, ithas barred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bar

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • behind bars bars
  • bars bars
  • at the bar
  • behind bars
  • of the bar
  • bar and grill
  • chuck's bar and
  • life behind bars
  • at chuck's bar
  • in the bar
  • the bar drinking
  • chuck's bar

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bar — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto