Definitions
1.verbTo obstruct the passage of (someone or something)."Our way was barred by a huge rockfall."
2.verbTo prohibit."I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred."
3.verbTo lock or bolt with a bar."bar the door"
4.verbTo imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
5.noun(collective) Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
6.nounThe act of fitting or closing something with bars.
7.nounThe exclusion of someone; blackballing.
8.nounTimber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.
9.nounThe sewing of a decorative bar or tack upon a fabric or leather.
10.prepositionUnless something happens; excepting; in the absence of."Barring any further red tape, we will finally be able to open the restaurant."