[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bar \bar\ baumr, v. t. imp.  p. p. barred baumrd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. barring.  f. barrer. see bar, n.
   1. to fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            he barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened
            to bar it in its dungeon.             --hawthorne.
      1913 webster

   3. to except; to exclude by exception.
      1913 webster

            nay, but i bar to-night: you shall not gauge me
            by what we do to-night.               --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to cross with one or more stripes or lines.
      1913 webster

            for the sake of distinguishing the feet more
            clearly, i have barred them singly.   --burney.
      1913 webster
see also:
barred barring bar 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

barring \bar"ring\ n.
   the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.

   syn: blackball.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
barroom saloon ginmill taproom measure prevention 
legal profession legal community cake browning automatic rifle debar 
exclude barricade block blockade stop 
block off block up banish relegate unbar 
barring barred 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

barring
     n : the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
         syn: blackball
see also:
blackball 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

barring
     see bar
see also:
bar 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 moby thesaurus words for "barring":
   aside from, ban, bar, beside, besides, blockade, boycott, but,
   circumscription, debarment, debarring, demarcation, discounting,
   embargo, ex, except, except for, excepting, exception,
   exception taken of, excluding, exclusion, exclusive of, from,
   inadmissibility, injunction, leaving out, less, let alone, lockout,
   minus, narrowing, nonadmission, not counting, off, omission,
   omitting, outside of, precluding, preclusion, prohibition,
   rejection, relegation, repudiation, restriction, save,
   save and except, saving, taboo, than, unless, without

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