OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 5912

bar

/bɑː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
barrear
To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me throu…
Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.
barrear • barretear • embarrar
To lock or bolt with a bar.
to bar the door