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Bar - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Bar : (noun)
1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at
the bar" [syn: barroom, saloon, ginmill, taproom]
2: a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a
hot dog and a coke at the bar"
3: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening
or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows
to prevent escape"
4: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
[syn: measure]
5: an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;
"it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
6: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving";
"money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of
influenza" [syn: prevention]
7: (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes
per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have
used bar for one dyne per square centimeter"
8: a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along
a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the
river"
9: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a
particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in
New Jersey" [syn: legal profession, legal community]
10: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of
chocolate" [syn: cake]
11: a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated
by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World
War I and in World War II and in the Korean War [syn: Browning
automatic rifle, BAR]
12: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as
they perform exercises
13: a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire
with three bars"
14: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom
where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;
"spectators were not allowed past the bar"
(verb)
1: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from
membership in the club" [syn: debar, exclude]
2: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade
the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade, block,
blockade, stop, block off, block up]
3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
own country" [syn: banish, relegate]
4: secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant:
unbar]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Bar : \Bar\ (b[aum]r), n. [OE. barre, F. barre, fr. LL. barra, W.
bar the branch of a tree, bar, baren branch, Gael. & Ir.
barra bar. [root]91.]
1. A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in
proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever
and for various other purposes, but especially for a
hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a
fence or gate; the bar of a door.
Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. --Ex. xxvi.
26.
2. An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to
be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a
bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.
3. Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an
obstruction; a barrier.
Must I new bars to my own joy create? --Dryden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Bar : \Bar\ (b[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barred (b[aum]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Barring.] [ F. barrer. See Bar, n.]
1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
2. To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to
obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance
of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars
my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the
plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.
He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened
to bar it in its dungeon. --Hawthorne.
3. To except; to exclude by exception.
Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me By
what we do to-night. --Shak.
4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
For the sake of distinguishing the feet more
clearly, I have barred them singly. --Burney.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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BAR, contracts. An obstacle or opposition. 2. Some bars arise from
circumstances, and others from persons. Kindred within the prohibited
degree, for example, is aBar : to a marriage between the persons related; but
the fact that A is married, and cannot therefore marry B, is a circumstance
which operates as a bar as long as it subsists; for without it the parties
might marry.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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BAR, practice. A place in a court where the counsellors and advocates stand
to make their addresses to the court and jury; it is so called because
formerly it was closed with a bar. Figuratively the counsellors and
attorneys at law are called theBar : of Philadelphia, the New York bar.
2. A place in a court having criminal jurisdiction, to which prisoners
are called to plead to the indictment, is also called, the bar. Vide Merl.
Repert. mot Barreau, and Dupin, Profession d'Avocat, tom. i. p. 451, for
some eloquent advice to gentlemen of the bar.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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BAR, actions. A perpetual destruction or temporary taking away of the action
of the plaintiff. In ancient authors it is called exceptio peremptorid. Co.
Litt. 303 b Steph. Pl. Appx. xxviii. Loisel (Institutes Coutumieres, vol.
ii. p. 204) says, "Exceptions (in pleas) have been called bars by our
ancient practitioners, because, being opposed, they arrest the party who has
sued out the process, as in war (une barriere) a barrier arrests an enemy;
and as there have always been in our tribunals bars to separate the
advocates from the judges, the place where the advocates stand (pour parler)
when they speak, has been called for that reason (barreau) the bar."
2. When a person is bound in any action, real or personal, by judgment
on demurrer, confession or verdict, he is barred, i. e. debarred, as to that
or any other action of the like nature or degree, for the same thing,
forever; for expedit reipublicae ut sit finis litim.
3. But there is a difference between real and personal actions.
4. In personal actions, as in debt or account, theBar : is perpetual,
inasmuch as the plaintiff cannot have an action of a higher nature, and
therefore in such actions he has generally no remedy, but by bringing a writ
of error. Doct. Plac. 65; 6 Co. 7, 8 4 East, 507, 508.
5. But if the defendant be barred in a real action, by judgment on a
verdict, demurrer or confession, &c., he may still have an action of a
higher nature, and try the same right again. Lawes, Pl. 39, 40. See
generally, Bac. Ab. Abatement, N; Plea in bar. Also the case of Outram v.
Morewood, 3 East, Rep. 346-366; a leading case on this subject.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Bar :
1. /bar/ The second metasyntactic
variable, after foo and before baz. E.g. "Suppose
function FOO calls functions BAR..."
2. Often appended to foo to produce foobar.
[{Jargon File]
(1995-03-07)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Bar : Base Address Register (IC)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Bar : /bar/ n. 1. [very common] The second metasyntactic variable,
after foo and before baz. "Suppose we have two functions: FOO and
BAR. FOO calls BAR...." 2. Often appended to foo to produce foobar.
Based on Jargon File : [Hackers_Dictionary]:
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Bar : used to denote the means by which a door is bolted (Neh. 3:3); a
rock in the sea (Jonah 2:6); the shore of the sea (Job 38:10);
strong fortifications and powerful impediments, etc. (Isa. 45:2;
Amos 1:5); defences of a city (1 Kings 4:13). A bar for a door
was of iron (Isa. 45:2), brass (Ps. 107:16), or wood (Nah.
3:13).
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Bar : 100 kPa
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Bar |
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Trishryan: @LauraZigman How are your socks looking? I'm heading downstairs to floss RIGHT THIS MINUTE. *flings self over the low-set Bar of victory* |
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marvellousmee: @sarahbrown That's brilliant. "PM's wife comes across teenage diaries and takes over back room over local Bar". Idiots |
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MaryTampa: RT @huffingtonpost: Motorized Bar Stools, Porn-Loving Cats, And More: The Stupidest Criminals Of 2009 http://bit.ly/4s1VC2 |
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