Dream Dictionary

Bar

To dream that you are at a bar, signifies your desire to escape from the stresses of your daily life and retreat into a light-hearted environment where pleasure abounds.

Alternatively, you are seeking for acceptance in some aspect of your daily life.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" [syn: barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom]
  • 2: a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"
  • 3: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape"
  • 4: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" [syn: measure, bar]
  • 5: an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
  • 6: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" [syn: prevention, bar]
  • 7: (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter"
  • 8: a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
  • 9: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey" [syn: legal profession, bar, legal community]
  • 10: a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" [syn: stripe, streak, bar]
  • 11: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate" [syn: cake, bar]
  • 12: a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War [syn: Browning automatic rifle, BAR]
  • 13: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
  • 14: a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars"
  • 15: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried; "spectators were not allowed past the bar"
  • v. 1: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" [syn: bar, debar, exclude]
  • 2: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar]
  • 3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar]
  • 4: secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant: unbar]