Results for bar
Definitions of bar:
part of speech: present participle
part of speech: verb
To secure; to fasten; to hinder; to shut out; to restrain.
part of speech: noun
A rod of any solid substance: a bolt: a hinderance or obstruction: a bank of sand or other matter at the mouth of a river: the railing that incloses a space in a tavern or in a court of law: any tribunal: the pleaders in a court as distinguished from the judges: a division in music.
part of speech: verb transitive
To fasten or secure, as with a bar: to hinder or exclude:- pr. p. barring; pa. p. barred'.
part of speech: noun
A rigid piece of wood, metal, or other solid matter, long in proportion to its thickness; a quantity contained in such a shape; as, a bar of chocolate; a rail; a barrier; anything which impedes or obstructs; a bank of sand, gravel, etc., obstructing navigation at the entrance to a harbor or mouth of a river; the railing in closing the space occupied by counsel in courts of law; the place in court where prisoners are stationed for trial, or sentence; the profession of a lawyer; any tribunal, the portion of a hotel, etc., where liquors are served; a band or stripe; in a bridle, the mouthpiece connecting the checks; one of the upright lines drawn through the staff of a piece of music, dividing it into equal measures of time; the space and notes in closed by two such lines.
part of speech: noun
A bolt; a long piece or rod of any solid substance of small diameter; an enclosed place at an inn or a court; a division in music, or the line that makes the division; a sandbank at the entrance to a river; the body of lawyers that plead; any hindrance; a stop.
part of speech: verb transitive
To fasten with a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to exclude; to close; to prohibit; to mark with bars.
part of speech: past tense, past participle
Barred.
Usage examples for bar:
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He examined the bar closely and then turned slowly to Tom.
"Treachery in Outer Space", Carey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman -
Studied law, and called to the bar 1857. Practised in Montreal.
"The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History", Various -
The track behind them had so many turns, he could not judge of their distance from it, and for an instant he stopped working the handle bar up and down, too thoroughly frightened to know what to do.
"Two Little Knights of Kentucky", Annie Fellows Johnston -
A career at the Bar yes, he might take that up; but to what end?
"The Patrician", John Galsworthy