Barring

6 definitions found

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

  Bar \Bar\ (b[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barred} (b[aum]rd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Barring}.] [ F. barrer. See {Bar}, n.]
     1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
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     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.
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              He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened
              to bar it in its dungeon.             --Hawthorne.
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     3. To except; to exclude by exception.
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              Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me
              By what we do to-night.               --Shak.
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     4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
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              For the sake of distinguishing the feet more
              clearly, I have barred them singly.   --Burney.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  barring \bar"ring\ n.
     the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.
  
     Syn: blackball.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barring
       n : the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
           [syn: {blackball}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barring
       See {bar}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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