Translation
to bar, block
Word origin
From French barrer ('to block'), from barre ('a bar'), which goes back to Late Latin barra. English bar, barrier and barricade all come from the same Latin word.
- Origin
- French, from Late Latin barra
- Root
- barra
- English cognates
- bar, barrier, barricade
Examples
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A big tree fell and blocked the road.
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The soldiers barred the gate of the town.
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No one can bar the way to the truth.
The -- derivation is the everyday one: is a fence or barrier, the thing that does the blocking. works figuratively too, blocking the way to progress, peace or the truth.
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