5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ban \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banned} (b[a^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Banning}.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS. bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw. banna to revile, bannas to curse. See {Ban} an edict, and cf. {Banish}.] 1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: banned adj : forbidden by law [syn: {prohibited}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ban n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: {prohibition}, {proscription}] 2: 100 bani equal 1 leu 3: 100 bani equal 1 leu 4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: {banning}, {forbiddance}, {forbidding}] 5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: {Bachelor of Arts in Nursing}] v 1: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building" 2: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) [syn: {censor}] 3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: {banish}] 4: expel from a community or group [syn: {banish}, {ostracize}, {ostracise}, {shun}, {cast out}, {blackball}] [also: {banning}, {banned}, {bani} (pl)] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: banned See {ban} From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 39 Moby Thesaurus words for "banned": barred, contraband, debarred, deported, ejected, excluded, exiled, expelled, forbade, forbid, forbidden, illegal, illicit, left out, liquidated, nonpermissible, not in it, not included, not permitted, off limits, out of bounds, outlawed, precluded, prohibited, purged, ruled out, shut out, taboo, tabooed, unallowed, unauthorized, under the ban, unlawful, unlicensed, unpermissible, unsanctioned, untouchable, verboten, vetoed
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