bar

adj

1. Acronym of bright, alert, responsive.

   “Anytime you notice your horse is ADR instead of BAR, it's time to get on the phone to your vet.”

adv

Etymology: From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar. Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring.

1. Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.

   “Leg At Each Corner is at 3/1, Lost My Shirt 5/1, and it's 10/1 bar.”

name

Etymology: From בר.

1. A male or female given name from Hebrew.

   “Defense Minister Israel Katz paid a visit to released hostage Bar Kuperstein, who was an off-duty soldier when he was abducted by Hamas terrorists from the Nova party near Re’im on October 7, 2023.”

   “After Spanish actress Penelope Cruz posted an Instagram story showing released Palestinian prisoners reuniting with their families for the first time, Israeli model Bar Refaeli felt compelled to respond.”

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.

1. A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.

prep

Etymology: From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar. Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring.

1. Except, other than, besides.

   “He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.”

   “"I might be a fool," the younger man admitted quietly, "even an idiot, but there's not a person living, bar you, who possess the courage to call me a weakling, Sir."”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar. Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring.

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

   “Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.”

   “'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 through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.'”

2. To prohibit.

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

3. To lock or bolt with a bar.

   “to bar the door”

4. To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

   “I lived in a hut in the yard. To be out of the chaos I would sometimes get into the accountant’s office. It was built of horizontal planks, and so badly put together that, as he bent over his high desk, he was barred from neck to heels with narrow strips of sunlight.”