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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
forbidden
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
expressly forbidden
▪ He was expressly forbidden to speak to the girl.
strictly forbidden
▪ Alcohol is strictly forbidden on school premises.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
fruit
▪ Which for Rose increased the appeal of forbidden fruit.
▪ A challenging language, carrying with it the sweet allure of forbidden fruit.
▪ Thus they assumed all the glamour and promise that forbidden fruit always holds.
▪ They had eaten of the forbidden fruit of knowledge and had been cast out of paradise.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Alcohol is forbidden in the dormitories.
▪ I was curious about the forbidden pleasures of the city.
▪ The Great Mosque is forbidden to Christians.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Any car that does enter such a forbidden zone will lose all power, and remain until the traffic-warden arrives.
▪ He knew its sounds and smells, its forbidden places and inky-black corners.
▪ Injunctions were issued and some of the unions instructed their members to stop the forbidden activities.
▪ The only sour note was the electrified fence that marked the forbidden border zone.
▪ This is a desperate comment on the forbidden nature of tears.
▪ This is the body that, supposedly protecting state secrets, issues lists of forbidden subjects.
▪ Together you can return to us from the frozen forbidden place.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forbidden

Forbid \For*bid"\ (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"), v. t. [imp. Forbade (f[o^]r*b[a^]d"); p. p. Forbidden (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d'n) ( Forbid, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d[i^]ng).] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbe['o]dan; pref. for- + be['o]dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel. fyrirbj[=o][eth]a, forbo[eth]a, Sw. f["o]rbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t.]

  1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.

    More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon.
    --Shak.

  2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.

    Have I not forbid her my house?
    --Shak.

  3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.

    A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.
    --Dryden.

  4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]

    He shall live a man forbid.
    --Shak.

  5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.]
    --L. Andrews.

    Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.

Forbidden

Forbidden \For*bid"den\, a. Prohibited; interdicted. I know no spells, use no forbidden arts. --Milton. Forbidden fruit.

  1. Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden.

  2. (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock ( Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.

Wiktionary
forbidden
  1. not allowed. v

  2. (past participle of forbid English)

WordNet
forbidden

See forbid

forbid
  1. v. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" [syn: prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow] [ant: permit, permit]

  2. keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude]

  3. [also: forbidding, forbidden, forbade, forbad]

forbidden

adj. excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten]

Wikipedia
Forbidden

Forbidden may refer to:

Forbidden (1984 film)

Forbidden is a 1984 drama film directed by Anthony Page and starring Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow and Irene Worth. The plot is loosely based on a true story originally told in the non-fiction book The Last Jews in Berlin by Leonard Gross about a countess who hides her Jewish boyfriend in her apartment in World War II. It was a co-production between Britain, West Germany and the United States. It was broadcast on television in America, but released in cinemas in other countries.

Forbidden (Cooney novel)

Forbidden is a 1994 mystery/ romantic novel by Caroline B. Cooney, a prolific U.S. author of fiction for teenagers.

Forbidden (1932 film)

Forbidden is a 1932 American Pre-Code melodrama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, and Ralph Bellamy. Based on the novel Back Street by Fannie Hurst, with a screenplay by Jo Swerling, the film is about a young librarian who falls in love with a married man while on a sea cruise.

Forbidden (1949 film)

Forbidden (aka Scarlet Heaven ) is a 1949 British thriller film, directed by George King, and starring Douglass Montgomery, Hazel Court and Patricia Burke. The film was produced by George King for Pennant Picturens, and was the last directorial assignment for King, and the final screen appearance by Montgomery.

Forbidden (band)

Forbidden was a thrash metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area. Formed in 1985 as Forbidden Evil, the group was founded by Russ Anderson and Craig Locicero, who were both ever-present members. Since their formation, Forbidden have broken up and reformed twice with numerous line-up changes. The most recent line-up of the band comprised Anderson (vocals), Locicero (guitar), Matt Camacho (bass), Steve Smyth (guitar) and Sasha Horn (drums). Along with Death Angel, Defiance, Testament and Exodus (the latter of the two have featured original Forbidden drummer Paul Bostaph), they were one of the most successful Bay Area thrash metal bands and earned a loyal fanbase in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with their debut album Forbidden Evil (1988) regarded by critics as a classic thrash metal album and the follow-up, Twisted Into Form, as something of a masterpiece within the tech-thrash genre. Their earlier style was technical thrash metal, but the band later experimented with alternative and groove metal elements on their fourth album Green (1997).

Forbidden (album)

Forbidden is the eighteenth studio album by British band Black Sabbath, released in June 1995. This recording saw the reunion of Black Sabbath's Tyr-era line-up from 1990, with the return of Neil Murray and Cozy Powell. It was the last album to feature Tony Martin on vocals and the last by the band until 2013 when Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler returned for the album 13. The album sold 21,000 copies in the U.S in its first week and as of 2013, Forbidden has sold 191,000 copies in the US.

The album received a generally negative response from critics and fans alike. After its release, the band underwent several line-up changes and found itself at a career crossroads. However, original Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne would reconcile with guitarist Tony Iommi not long afterwards.

Forbidden (Dekker and Lee novel)

Forbidden is a science fiction fantasy novel by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee, published in September 2011. It is the first book in a trilogy, and was followed by the novels Mortal in June 2012 and Sovereign in June 2013. A prequel, titled The Keeper was also published in 2011.

Forbidden (1953 film)

Forbidden is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Rudolph Mate starring Tony Curtis, Joanne Dru and Lyle Bettger.

Forbidden (1919 film)

Forbidden is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley and starring Mildred Harris, who was billed as Mrs. Charles Chaplin. The picture was produced and distributed by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company.

The film was advertised as a Universal-Jewel production.

Usage examples of "forbidden".

Ravensbund as he ruled the rest of Achar, but as far as the Ravensbundmen knew or cared, the Achar King had as much control over them as he did over the Forbidden.

If Priam were to ally himself with Axis and his ungodly hordes, then the Forbidden could invade Achar and all would be lost.

She related to me in the most assuring manner that the handsomest of all the nuns in the convent loved her to distraction, gave her a French lesson twice a-day, and had amicably forbidden her to become acquainted with the other boarders.

I was allowed to communicate with no one, and even the alguazil who guarded me was forbidden, under pain of death, to speak to me.

Uncle Ames was forbidden by that same will to give them any, under threat of losing his own inheritance.

And that Lord Asper, the old demon master wizard, had been part of the committee of wizards who ended those wars by creating the Forbidden Desert that divided the two species for centuries.

Morgase was forbidden ground, and every man on the estate knew it, though Bryne had never said so.

He went out, and soon after an official came in, who told me, in good French, that when the sovereign was present all applause was forbidden.

Later he was to learn that the use of chypre was forbidden to all but a few, on pain of death.

She could not stay for more than a quarter of an hour for fear of being seen, as she was forbidden ever to go into the parlour.

For even among his own kind there were murmurs against him and suspicions that he dabbled in forbidden things and our tale might have brought a judgment on him.

Horn all of a blood far more ancient than his, upstart mercenary that he was, dabbler in forbidden things, one who companied with the unspeakable Kolders.

And thus somewhat comforting my fearefull minde, and yet restrained with shamefastnesse, knowing that I was vnwoorthily come into this shadowie place, and solicious company of deuine and delicate nimphes, my guiltie and troubled minde, telling mee that it was rashly and ouer-bouldly doone, and that they were it might be, prohibited places, and a forbidden countrie for a straining to frequent.

As the presence of her sister did not disturb us, she took out of her pocket-book an epistle in verse which I had addressed to her when her mother had forbidden me the house.

Since nothing Od learned was forbidden in her own school, the magic you and Lady Dittany practice may well be lawful here.