barred
/bɑrd/
adjective
- Closed or blocked with a bar or bars, so that entry or exit is prevented.
- The door was barred from the inside, so we couldn't get in.
- The gate was barred with a heavy iron rod.
- All the windows were barred to keep out intruders.
- Forbidden or prohibited from doing something.
- Minors are barred from purchasing alcohol.
- The athlete was barred from competition for using performance-enhancing drugs.
- He was barred from entering the building after the incident.
- Marked with stripes or bands of a different color.
- The butterfly had barred wings with black and yellow bands.
- The cat had a barred coat of gray and white.
- The barred owl gets its name from the horizontal stripes on its chest.
verb
- Past tense of bar: to block or close off with a bar; to forbid or prevent.
- She barred the door with a chair to keep it shut.
- The new law barred smoking in all public places.
- They barred him from the club for bad behavior.