Meaning

• To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).

  "Our way was barred by a huge rockfall."

• To prohibit.

  "I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred."

• To lock or bolt with a bar.

  "bar the door"

• To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

Meaning

• (collective) 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.

Meaning

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

  "Barring any further red tape, we will finally be able to open the restaurant."