Meaning of "barricade" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BARRICADE

From Old French, from barriquer to barricade, from barrique a barrel, from Spanish barrica, from barrilbarrel.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BARRICADE

barricade  [ˌbærɪˈkeɪd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARRICADE

Barricade is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb barricade in English.

WHAT DOES BARRICADE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Barricade

Barricade, from the French barrique, is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. Adopted as a military term, a barricade denotes any improvised field fortification, most notably on the city streets during urban warfare. Barricades also include temporary traffic barricades designed with the goal of dissuading passage into a protected or hazardous area or large slabs of cement whose goal is to actively prevent forcible passage by a vehicle. Stripes on barricades and panel devices slope downward in the direction traffic must travel. There are also pedestrian barricades - sometimes called bike rack barricades for their resemblance to a now obsolete form of bicycle stand, or police barriers. They originated in France approximately 50 years ago and are now produced around the world. They were first produced in the U.S. 40 years ago by Friedrichs Mfg for New Orleans's Mardi Gras parades. Finally anti-vehicle barriers and blast barriers are sturdy barricades that can respectively counter vehicle and bomb attacks.

Definition of barricade in the English dictionary

The first definition of barricade in the dictionary is a barrier for defence, esp one erected hastily, as during street fighting. Other definition of barricade is to erect a barricade across or at points of access to. Barricade is also to obstruct; block.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BARRICADE

PRESENT

Present

I barricade

you barricade

he/she/it barricades

we barricade

you barricade

they barricade

Present continuous

I am barricading

you are barricading

he/she/it is barricading

we are barricading

you are barricading

they are barricading

Present perfect

I have barricaded

you have barricaded

he/she/it has barricaded

we have barricaded

you have barricaded

they have barricaded

Present perfect continuous

I have been barricading

you have been barricading

he/she/it has been barricading

we have been barricading

you have been barricading

they have been barricading

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I barricaded

you barricaded

he/she/it barricaded

we barricaded

you barricaded

they barricaded

Past continuous

I was barricading

you were barricading

he/she/it was barricading

we were barricading

you were barricading

they were barricading

Past perfect

I had barricaded

you had barricaded

he/she/it had barricaded

we had barricaded

you had barricaded

they had barricaded

Past perfect continuous

I had been barricading

you had been barricading

he/she/it had been barricading

we had been barricading

you had been barricading

they had been barricading

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will barricade

you will barricade

he/she/it will barricade

we will barricade

you will barricade

they will barricade

Future continuous

I will be barricading

you will be barricading

he/she/it will be barricading

we will be barricading

you will be barricading

they will be barricading

Future perfect

I will have barricaded

you will have barricaded

he/she/it will have barricaded

we will have barricaded

you will have barricaded

they will have barricaded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been barricading

you will have been barricading

he/she/it will have been barricading

we will have been barricading

you will have been barricading

they will have been barricading

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would barricade

you would barricade

he/she/it would barricade

we would barricade

you would barricade

they would barricade

Conditional continuous

I would be barricading

you would be barricading

he/she/it would be barricading

we would be barricading

you would be barricading

they would be barricading

Conditional perfect

I would have barricade

you would have barricade

he/she/it would have barricade

we would have barricade

you would have barricade

they would have barricade

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been barricading

you would have been barricading

he/she/it would have been barricading

we would have been barricading

you would have been barricading

they would have been barricading

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you barricade
we let´s barricade
you barricade

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to barricade

Past participle

barricaded

Present Participle

barricading

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BARRICADE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «barricade» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of barricade

bar · barrier · block · blockade · bolt · bulwark · confine · defend · enclose · fasten · fence · fortification · fortify · impound · imprison · latch · lock · obstruct · obstruction · palisade · pound · railing · rampart · secure · shut · stockade · wall

TRANSLATION OF BARRICADE

Find out the translation of barricade to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of barricade from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «barricade» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 街垒
• Translator English - Spanish: barricada
• English: barricade
• Translator English - Hindi: आड़
• Translator English - Arabic: المتراس
• Translator English - Russian: баррикада
• Translator English - Portuguese: barricada
• Translator English - Bengali: ব্যারিকেড
• Translator English - French: barricade
• Translator English - Malay: Barikade
• Translator English - German: Barrikade
• Translator English - Japanese: バリケード
• Translator English - Korean: 바리케이드
• Translator English - Javanese: Barricade
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chận ngang
• Translator English - Tamil: தடுப்பரண்
• Translator English - Marathi: अडथळा
• Translator English - Turkish: barikat
• Translator English - Italian: barricata
• Translator English - Polish: barykada
• Translator English - Ukrainian: барикада
• Translator English - Romanian: baricadă
• Translator English - Greek: οδόφραγμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: versper
• Translator English - Swedish: barrikad
• Translator English - Norwegian: barrikaden

4 QUOTES WITH «BARRICADE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word barricade.

1

Gary Ackerman

Without a musket to raise, a barricade to storm, a flag to wave, the question hit me in the face like the cold air: 'Who am I?'

2

Mac Davis

I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times.

3

Saul Williams

We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans didn't walk around Africa being black and proud, they walked around proud.

4

Josh Young

During one performance of 'Les Miserables,' the barricade didn't leave the stage, so we had to actually end up finishing the second act with the barricades on the stage, which was very strange... doing the love scene on the barricade.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARRICADE»

Discover the use of barricade in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to barricade and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Insurgent Barricade

From its origins in sixteenth-century Paris to its culmination in the 1848 revolution, and from France to all of Europe, this memorable book is a model of how history and social science can be creatively combined to demonstrate how a key ...

Mark Traugott, 2010

Two Sides of a Barricade: (Dis)order and Summit Protest in ...

Investigates how activists confront global powers with their street-level dissent.

Christian Scholl, 2013

Poets Beyond the Barricade: Rhetoric, Citizenship, and ...

Connecting the dots between rhetoric, literature and cultural studes, this original work Illustrates how poetry and the discussions of it shaped public consciousness from the socially volatile era of the 1960s to the War on Terror of today.

Dale Smith, 2012

At Some Disputed Barricade

It's July 1917, and as the sun sets over No-man's-land so Joseph Reavley's heart sinks with it.

Anne Perry, 2010

Crashworthy Work-zone Traffic Control Devices

Because the standards of many states permit the use of a barricade as a sign support for various project limit and guide signs, development of sign attachment mechanisms to crashworthy Type III barricade designs is desirable. Further, the ...

Roger P. Bligh, Wanda L. Menges, Rebecca R. Haug, 2006

Les misérables

The journals of the day which stated that the barricade in the Rue de la Chanvrerie, that almost impregnable fortress, as they called it, reached the level of a first-floor, are mistaken, for the truth is, that it did not exceed an average height of six ...

Victor Hugo, 1864

Building the Barricade: And Other Poems of Anna Swir

Piotr Florczyk translates the poems in BUILDING THE BARRICADE with chilling precision, constructing equations that become magical spells to address the twentieth century and serve as cautionary tales for the twenty-first."—Sandra Alcosser ...

Anna Świrszczyńska, 2011

Saint Denis

A glass-door in a barricade is excellent. It doesn't prevent attacking it, but it bothers them in taking it. Then you have never hooked apples over a wall with broken bottles on it ? A glass-door, it will cut the corns of the -National Guards, when ...

Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 1862

Manual for the Patriotic Volunteer on Active Service in ...

When it is resolved to carry a barricade, it will gene- rally be found best to make a feint in front, while a detachment be sent round to gain the rear of it. If the barricade be not high, those who defend it may be fired upon from the houses which ...

Hugh Forbes, 1855

Jean Valjean

This was the barricade of the Faubourg du Temple. As soon as the ground was reached and it was seen, it was impossible, even for the boldest, not to become thoughtful before this mysterious apparition. It was fitted, dovetailed, imbricated, ...

Victor Hugo, 1862

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARRICADE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term barricade is used in the context of the following news items.

Man Accused of Attempted Murder Detained After Hourslong …

A man accused of attempted murder was detained following an hourslong barricade involving an 11-year-old child at a Bell Gardens home ... «KTLA, Jul 15»

Barricade situation in North Las Vegas ends with 2 in custody …

Police are on the scene of a barricade situation Monday, July 6, 2015, on the 6300 block of Silver Edge Street in North Las Vegas. (Christine Kim | News3LV) ... «News3LV, Jul 15»

Police Remove Baghramyan Barricade; Detain a Number of … - Hetq

Armenian Police had issued a statement earlier today that they would remove the barricade if electricity rate hike protesters didn't do it ... «Hetq Online, Jul 15»

Dramatic moment two pensioners barricade knife-wielding robber in …

A knife-wielding robber was stopped in his tracks by two have-a-go pensioners who barricaded him inside a shop - and it was all caught on film ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Police release identity of suspect in barricade situation

WINCHESTER, Va. - The Winchester man who died Wednesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound has been identified as 38-year-old Wayne ... «Martinsburg Journal, Jul 15»

35 cybersecurity jobs in Cork as Barricade expands

Based in Cork's Airport Business Park, Barricade provides intrusion protection to its customers, identifying potential security threats and acting ... «Siliconrepublic.com, Jul 15»

Standoff in Monrovia: Protesting Students Barricade President

Standoff in Monrovia: Protesting Students Barricade President · Print · Email. Details: Written by Samwar S. Fallah, ... «Front Page Africa, Jul 15»

Suspect in West Side barricade incident surrenders to police

CHICAGO — Police responded to a scene where someone had barricaded inside a West Side building. Officers responded to a call of a man ... «WGN-TV, Jul 15»

Man in custody following Pilsen barricade situation

A barricade situation in the Pilsen neighborhood ended peacefully Wednesday afternoon, and one person was taken into custody. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»

Police: Barricade situation causes resident evacuation

Fayetteville Police evacuated residents in the Adams Lake Apartment complex after a man barricaded himself inside an apartment. «WTVD-TV, Jul 15»