[{"word":"barring","phonetic":"/ˈbɑːɹɪŋ(ɡ)/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈbɑːɹɪŋ(ɡ)/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Our way was barred by a huge rockfall."},{"definition":"To prohibit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred."},{"definition":"To lock or bolt with a bar.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"bar the door"},{"definition":"To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["block","hinder","obstruct","ban","interdict","prohibit"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(collective) Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The act of fitting or closing something with bars.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The exclusion of someone; blackballing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The sewing of a decorative bar or tack upon a fabric or leather.","synonyms":["tacking"],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["tacking"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"preposition","definitions":[{"definition":"Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Barring any further red tape, we will finally be able to open the restaurant."}],"synonyms":["apart from","except for","save for"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bar","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barring"]}]