barring

Plural: barrings

Noun

• the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
• Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
• The act of fitting or closing something with bars.
• The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
• Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.
• The sewing of a decorative bar or tack upon a fabric or leather.

Verb

Verb Forms: bar, barred, bars, barring

• Excluding or preventing; also, performing exercises at a ballet barre.
• To obstruct or prevent movement or entry.
• prevent from entering; keep out
• render unsuitable for passage
• expel, as if by official decree
• secure with, or as if with, bars
• present participle and gerund of bar
• present participle and gerund of barr

Prep

• Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of.

Examples

• Barring a miracle, his opponent was about to win Words With Friends by a landslide.
• Barring any further red tape, we will finally be able to open the restaurant.
• Barring any sudden storms, the plane should arrive on time.
• He was barring my only path to a bingo with his defensive plays.

Synonyms

banish, bar, barricade, blackball, block, block off, block up, blockade, debar, exclude, relegate, stop, apart from, except, except for, save for, tacking

Antonyms

unbar

Related Words

barring-out

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