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barrenbar‧ren /ˈbærən/ ●○○ adjective   barrenOrigin: 1100-1200 Old French baraine - a barren apartment in a poor area
- a pointless and barren discussion
- Intense heat had created a completely barren landscape, almost like the moon.
- the barren hillsides after the fire
- the rocky, barren slopes of the mountain
- From the approach Amantani looked barren, rocky and sparsely inhabited.
- Lacking its tumultuously fruitful influence, our mental lives would be almost as barren as the moon.
- Later the level was taken off left and right along this, only to be proved a barren string.
- Now a Victorian church stands amid the barren Moor, a mute reminder of the lonely hamlet's more romantic past.
- Sir Thomas Blount's half-hearted investigation into Amy's death was absolutely barren.
- The future looked bleak and barren.
- The huge structures have endless corridors, barren hallways like tunnels that turn back upon themselves, leading nowhere.
land where the soil is not good for growing plants► poor soil or land that is poor does not contain many substances that help plants to grow: · Most herbs grow fairly well in dry, poor soil.· The land around here is poor because of years of intensive farming.poor in: · The soil is very poor in minerals and needs some fertilizer. ► barren land that is barren is useless for growing crops on, and is usually dry and empty: · Intense heat had created a completely barren landscape, almost like the moon.· the rocky, barren slopes of the mountain ► Birthafterbirth, nounantenatal, adjectiveartificial insemination, nounbaby blues, nounbarren, adjectivebarrier method, nounbear, verbbirth control, nounbreast-feed, verbbreech birth, nouncaesarean, nouncap, nounchildbearing, nounchildbirth, nounconceive, verbconfinement, nouncontraception, nouncontraction, nounC-section, noundeliver, verbdelivery, noundiaphragm, nounDutch cap, nounembryo, nounembryology, nouneugenics, nounfamily planning, nounfertility, nounfertility drug, nounfertilize, verbfetal, adjectivefetus, nounfoetal position, nounfoetus, nounfull-term, adjectivegestation, noungonad, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinduction, nouninfant mortality rate, nouninfertile, adjectiveIUD, nounIVF, nounmaternal, adjectivematernity, nounmidwife, nounmidwifery, nounmilk, nounmiscarriage, nounmiscarry, verbmorning-after pill, nounmorning sickness, nounmother-to-be, nounmum-to-be, nounnatal, adjectivenatural, adjectivenatural childbirth, nounneuter, verbnurse, verbobstetrics, nounoral contraceptive, nounoviduct, nounovulate, verbovum, nounperinatal, adjectivepostnatal, adjectivepreemie, nounpregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectivepresentation, nounprocreate, verbproduce, verbquickening, nounreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverhythm method, nounspay, verbsterile, adjectivesterilize, verbstillbirth, nounstillborn, adjectivestretch mark, nounsurrogate mother, nounswaddle, verbswaddling clothes, nountermination, nountest-tube baby, nountrimester, nounultrasound, nounumbilical cord, noununborn, adjectivewean, verbzygote, noun ► a barren desert (=where no plants can grow)· Years of intensive farming have turned the area into a barren desert. NOUN► land· Your living water in this barren land.· Soon barren land will begin to show signs of fertility. ► landscape· The Fannichs are left behind as the road from Braemore turns north-west and enters a wide and barren landscape for several miles.· Miles flew by in the barren landscape, punctuated only by the carcasses of kangaroos on the line. ► woman· The relic there was credited with making barren women pregnant and then relieving the pain of parturition.· Also patron of barren women and heirs.· There a barren woman is a potential witch and punished with low status and harsh treatment.· It can make a barren woman fertile.· First licensed by Bishop Lacey of Exeter in 1436 it was used for special intercession by barren women seeking fertility.· As a barren woman, boyish physically, and shy, I had not found meaning with Helmut. 1land or soil that is barren has no plants growing on it:  Thousands of years ago the surface was barren desert.2 old-fashioned unable to produce children or baby animals – used of a woman or of female animals SYN infertile OPP fertile3a tree or plant that is barren does not produce fruit or seeds4used to describe something that does not look interesting or attractive: The sports hall was a rather barren concrete building.5used to describe a period of time during which you do not achieve anything or get any useful results: I scored five in the first seven games, but I’ve had a bit of a barren patch since then. |