Overview of verb ban

The verb ban has 4 senses

• ban, censor -- (forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper))


• ban -- (prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building")


• banish, ban -- (ban from a place of residence, as for punishment)


• banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball -- (expel from a community or group)

Overview of adj banned

The adj banned has 1 sense

• banned, prohibited -- (forbidden by law)