bar off

1. To barricade, erect a barrier around, or deny access to something. Remember to bar off the front and back doors when you leave the building at night. The school threatened to bar off Internet access for students who use it to look at unrelated or inappropriate material.

2. In agriculture, to plow a furrow on either side of a row of plants so that their roots sit atop a high, narrow bed of soil. Make sure you bar off those rows of new seedlings first thing this morning.

See also: bar, off

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Bird nearly doubled the lead four minutes later when his header went narrowly over the bar off Femi Ilesanmi's cross from the left.

Dragons leave Dover with nothing after frustrating defeat; SECOND LOSS IN FIRST THREE GAMES FOR WREXHAM KEATES'MEN MUST IMPROVE AGAINST GATESHEAD

Users can alsodragthe floating bar off the display when not needed.

LG V30 to feature improved Always-on Display, Floating Bar instead of Second Screen

As she held the tot in her arms, Santa and his elf helper lifted the bar off him.

HOW ABOUT A BIT OF ELF & SAFETY? MALL HORROR TOT'S LUCKY ESCAPE Mother's fury as baby Leo is smashed over head by metal bar on visit to Santa's grotto

A JAPANESE pole vaulter has become an internet hit after knocking the bar off - with his manhood.

Now that's a pole fault.

Linthorpe Tea Rooms on Burlam Road in Middlesbrough was targeted when thieves prised the steel bar off the cafe window before ransacking the small business and stealing a 3ft safe.

Burglars won't stop us standing up for Teasside

They have a header that has hit the bar off a set-piece and one other chance where Gleeson has slipped over on the far side - and that's about it.

Important we didn't lose again - boss

High and sinuously coved ceilings in the formal living room complement a massive mosaic-tiled fireplace, while a fully equipped vintage bar off the dining room seamlessly facilitates both pre-and post-dinner cocktails.

Morgan Wandell gets more than he asked for

Watkins came close to doubling the lead, only to see his deflection ricochet over the bar off the goalkeeper's facemask

Penarth HC seconds pass Met exam; HOCKEY

He said they could send the bar off for analysis, but I'm not happy about that.

The hair scare munch; Marie tucks into bedtime snack but finds it fullof human hair... then store offers a refund 65p

Although she had got some worK in the New Union Bar off New Street, Huddersfield, it was her case she did not receive a wage as such but miscellaneous benefits such as medical treatment for her feet.

WOMAN FACES JAIL OVER PS100k FRAUD

The apartment has hardwood floors, a wet bar off the living room and a washer/dryer.

Cathy Traub at Stribling has just listed this high floor three bedroom, 3-bath at 565 West End Avenue for $3.495 million

Some of my top picks are the Elbow Wreck, Duane, Eagle, Thunderbolt and the bar off Key West.

Wreckfest

Nasir Shallal's final effort was at 229 kilograms which would have given him the victory by one kilo but he barely got the bar off the ground and gold went to Ukraine.

Iranian Weightlifter Bags Silver Medal in Olympic Games

Denson, Anthony Sheehan and Damien Allen all had on-target efforts deflected over the bar off defenders, Joe McMahon headed narrowly over the bar from a corner and McCarthy fired wide after Hopley's back-heel had set up a shooting chance.

Point made as Bay dominate play-off rivals

Shots on target remained elusive with a ricocheted clearance which spun over the bar off Richard Keogh and a curling drive which bent wide from Julian Kelly the best both sides could muster as the game petered out towards its goalless ending.