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barren definition
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Grep of noun barren barren barren ground caribou barrenness barrenwort pine-barren sandwort Overview of noun barren The noun barren has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. barren, waste, wasteland -- (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert") Overview of adj barren The adj barren has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) childless, barren -- (without offspring; "in some societies a barren woman is rejected by her tribesmen") 2. (1) barren, infertile -- (not fertile or productive; "a barren tree"; "soil too infertile to sustain real pasture") 3. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark -- (providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape") 4. barren, sterile -- (not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile") 5. barren -- (incapable of sustaining life; "the dead and barren Moon") Antonyms of adj barren 5 senses of barren Sense 1 childless, barren INDIRECT (VIA unfruitful) -> fruitful Sense 2 barren, infertile INDIRECT (VIA unfruitful) -> fruitful Sense 3 bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark INDIRECT (VIA inhospitable) -> hospitable Sense 4 barren, sterile INDIRECT (VIA infertile) -> fertile Sense 5 barren INDIRECT (VIA dead) -> live Similarity of adj barren 5 senses of barren Sense 1 childless, barren => unfruitful (vs. fruitful) Sense 2 barren, infertile => unfruitful (vs. fruitful) Sense 3 bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark => inhospitable (vs. hospitable) Sense 4 barren, sterile => infertile (vs. fertile), unfertile Sense 5 barren => dead (vs. live) Attributes of adj barren Familiarity of adj barren barren used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj barren barren barren of Overview of noun barren The noun barren has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. barren, waste, wasteland -- (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert") Overview of adj barren The adj barren has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) childless, barren -- (without offspring; "in some societies a barren woman is rejected by her tribesmen") 2. (1) barren, infertile -- (not fertile or productive; "a barren tree"; "soil too infertile to sustain real pasture") 3. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark -- (providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape") 4. barren, sterile -- (not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile") 5. barren -- (incapable of sustaining life; "the dead and barren Moon")
barren definition
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