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barred¹

  • /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d/ UK

Sounds like bard · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of bar He barred the door at evening.

adjective more barred · most barred

  1. Having bars; striped. Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.
  2. Prevented, either by a physical barrier or by conditions. He is barred by term limits from running for a third term in office.
  3. Indicating the start and end of words using thicker lines instead of black squares. The majority of the first 114 puzzles were of a 15 x 15 design, since when all the puzzles have been on a 14 x 14 barred grid, with one exception.

    Opposite: blocked

  4. slang High on Xanax.

barred²

  • /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d/ UK

Sounds like bard · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. obsolete, participle, past simple past and past participle of barr

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: locked, fast, barricaded, blockaded, bolted, fastened, latched, obstructed, secured, scratched, stopped, blocked, removed, fired, prevention, closed

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"barred." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/barred. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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barred. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/barred

Chicago

"barred." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/barred.

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@misc{barred_2026,
  title = {barred},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barred},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}