Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to barr
Participle: barred
Gerund: barring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | barr |
| you | barr |
| he;she;it | barrs |
| we | barr |
| you | barr |
| they | barr |
Perfect
| I | have barred |
| you | have barred |
| he;she;it | has barred |
| we | have barred |
| you | have barred |
| they | have barred |
Past
| I | barred |
| you | barred |
| he;she;it | barred |
| we | barred |
| you | barred |
| they | barred |
Pluperfect
| I | had barred |
| you | had barred |
| he;she;it | had barred |
| we | had barred |
| you | had barred |
| they | had barred |
Future
| I | will barr |
| you | will barr |
| he;she;it | will barr |
| we | will barr |
| you | will barr |
| they | will barr |
Future Perfect
| I | will have barred |
| you | will have barred |
| he;she;it | will have barred |
| we | will have barred |
| you | will have barred |
| they | will have barred |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | barr |
| you | barr |
| he;she;it | barr |
| we | barr |
| you | barr |
| they | barr |
Perfect
| I | have barred |
| you | have barred |
| he;she;it | have barred |
| we | have barred |
| you | have barred |
| they | have barred |
Imperfect
| I | barred |
| you | barred |
| he;she;it | barred |
| we | barred |
| you | barred |
| they | barred |
Pluperfect
| I | had barred |
| you | had barred |
| he;she;it | had barred |
| we | had barred |
| you | had barred |
| they | had barred |
Conditional
Present
| I | would barr |
| you | would barr |
| he;she;it | would barr |
| we | would barr |
| you | would barr |
| they | would barr |
Perfect
| I | would have barred |
| you | would have barred |
| he;she;it | would have barred |
| we | would have barred |
| you | would have barred |
| they | would have barred |
Imperative
| you | barr |
| we | Let's barr |
| you | barr |
Verbs conjugated like 'barr'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'barr'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French barrir (“to trumpet; to make the sound of an elephant”), from Old French barrire, from Late Latin barriō, from Latin barrus (“elephant”). See: French '
barrir', Old French '
barrire'.
Sample Sentences
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He gave us also the example of the Philosopher, who, when he thought most seriously to have withdrawn himself unto a solitary Privacy, far from the rufling Clutterments of the tumultuous and confused World, the better to improve his Theory, to contrive, comment, and ratiocinate, was, notwithstanding his uttermost Endeavours to free himself from all untowards Noises, surrounded and environ'd about so with the barking of Curs, howling of Wolves, neighing of Horses, bleating of Sheep, barring of Elephants, hissing of Serpents, braying of Asses, chirping of Grasshoppers, cooing of Turtles[…] [1737, François Rabelais, translated by Thomas Urquhart, The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais:]