Crossword clues for barring
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
barring \bar"ring\ n. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.
Syn: blackball.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "act of fastening with a bar," verbal noun from bar (v.). Meaning "exclusion" is from 1630s. As a preposition, "excepting, excluding," it is from late 15c. Schoolhouse prank of barring out the teacher was in use before 1728.
Wiktionary
n. the exclusion of someone; blackballing prep. Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of vb. (present participle of bar English)
WordNet
n. 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]
a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"
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"
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" [syn: measure]
an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" [syn: prevention]
(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"
a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
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]
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate" [syn: cake]
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]
a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars"
(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"
n. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto [syn: blackball]
v. prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" [syn: debar, exclude]
render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up]
expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: banish, relegate]
secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant: unbar]
See bar
Wikipedia
Barring may refer to:
- Barring (music), a guitar performance technique
- Barring engine, a small engine that forms part of the installation of a large stationary steam engine
Usage examples of "barring".
On the other hand, judicial proceedings in one State, under which inheritance taxes have been paid and the administration upon the estate has been closed, are denied full faith and credit by the action of a probate court in another State in assuming jurisdiction and assessing inheritance taxes against the beneficiaries of the estate, when under the law of the former State the order of the probate court barring all creditors who had failed to bring in their demand from any further claim against the executors was binding upon all.
I treated her wound with basilicon ointment, and barring the risk of infection, I believe we shall have her up and about by the end of the week.
On the fifth day, having reached the limits of forbearance, he had turned the herd and tried to break back through their line, and they had been there to head him off, the tiny upright sticklike figures, so deceptively frail and yet so deadly, springing up from the yeHow grass, barring his escape to the south, flapping blankets and beating on empty paraffin tins, until his courage failed and the old bull turned back, and led his herds once more down the rugged escarpment towards the great river.
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A trifle more impressible, he might have imagined the smoky figure and magnum of pursiness barring the City against him.
He had no sooner got to the railing barring access to the interior of the Homicide Bureau when he heard his name being called, and then saw Captain Quaire smiling and waving him inside.
The beginning of one between the Rue des Deux Portes and the Rue Saint Sauveur, barring the Rue Saint Denis.
And in an emergency she was the only other person aboard Streaker, barring, possibly Creideiki himself, who knew about the Niss machine, or its potential value if given access to the right data.
Barnes and Dasi would deal with the crewmen as they returned to the ship, barring the lower end of the companionway while a large armed party waited at C Level, the next deck above the entrance hatch.
Barring a miracle, Sojee would be stuck with schizophrenia and tardive dyskinesia as long as she lived.
I checked a map, took an arterial across the river, spotted more barricades and flagmen barring access to the drive along the north bank of the river as well.
The alumalloy outer hatches slid shut, barring our view of the receding station.
Barring luck, Hokan would never catch them, not with droids and these young academy theorists.
Barring a last-minute miracle at the Capitol, boundaries for new legislative and congressional districts will be drawn by a nonpartisan expert, and ratified by the judges in late May.
Behind the barring lances at the side streets, the men and women of Quran cheered and waved their torches.