Barren Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Barren

Learn about the word Barren to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Barren definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Barren

Barren Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Barren? [n] an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" [adj] incapable of sustaining life; "the dead and barren Moon" [adj] not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile" [adj] not fertile or productive; "a barren tree"; "soil too infertile to sustain real pasture" [adj] without offspring; "in some societies a barren woman is rejected by her tribesmen" [adj] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Barren: bare \| bleak \| childless \| dead \| desolate \| infertile \| inhospitable \| stark \| sterile \| unfertile \| unfruitful \| waste \| wasteland Related Terms \| Find terms related to Barren: abortive \| acarpous \| arid \| bare \| blah \| bland \| blank \| bleached \| bleak \| bloodless \| bootless \| celibate \| characterless \| childless \| clear \| cold \| colorless \| counterproductive \| dead \| depleted \| desert \| desolate \| devoid \| dismal \| draggy \| drained \| drearisome \| dreary \| dried-up \| dry \| dryasdust \| dull \| dusty \| earthbound \| effete \| elephantine \| empty \| etiolated \| exhausted \| fade \| fallow \| fatuitous \| fatuous \| featureless \| feckless \| flat \| fruitless \| futile \| gainless \| gaunt \| gelded \| heavy \| ho-hum \| hollow \| impotent \| impoverished \| inadequate \| inane \| ineffective \| ineffectual \| inefficacious \| inexcitable \| infecund \| infertile \| inoperative \| insipid \| invalid \| irreclaimable \| issueless \| jejune \| leached \| leaden \| lifeless \| literal \| low-spirited \| menopausal \| mundane \| nonfertile \| nonproducing \| nonproductive \| nonprolific \| nonremunerative \| nugacious \| nugatory \| null \| null and void \| of no force \| otiose \| pale \| pallid \| parched \| pedestrian \| plodding \| pointless \| poky \| ponderous \| poor \| profitless \| prosaic \| prosing \| prosy \| rewardless \| sine prole \| slow \| solemn \| spiritless \| staid \| sterile \| stiff \| stodgy \| stolid \| stuffy \| sucked dry \| superficial \| tasteless \| tedious \| teemless \| unavailing \| uncultivable \| uncultivated \| unfanciful \| unfertile \| unfruitful \| unideal \| unimaginative \| uninspired \| uninventive \| unlively \| unoriginal \| unplowed \| unpoetic \| unproductive \| unprofitable \| unprolific \| unrelieved \| unremunerative \| unrewarding \| unromantic \| unromanticized \| unsown \| untilled \| useless \| vacant \| vacuous \| vain \| vapid \| virgin \| void \| waste \| wasted \| wasteland \| white \| wild \| wilderness \| wildness \| with nothing inside \| without content \| without issue \| wooden \| worn-out See Also \| heath \| heathland \| wild \| wilderness Barren In Webster's Dictionary \Bar"ren\, a. [OE. barein, OF. brehaing, fem. brehaigne, baraigne, F. br['e]haigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm. br['e]kha[~n], markha[~n], sterile; LL. brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish documents; Bisc. barau, baru, fasting.] 1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals. She was barren of children. --Bp. Hall. 2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; ?rile. ``Barren mountain tracts.'' --Macaulay. 3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. Brilliant but barren reveries. --Prescott. Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter. --Swift. 4. Mentally dull; stupid. --Shak. {Barren flower}, a flower which has only stamens without a pistil, or which as neither stamens nor pistils. {Barren Grounds} (Geog.), a vast tract in British America northward of the forest regions. {Barren Ground bear} (Zo["o]l.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe. {Barren Ground caribou} (Zo["o]l.), a small reindeer ({Rangifer Gr[oe]nlandicus}) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and Greenland. \Bar"ren\, n. 1. A tract of barren land. 2. pl. Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile. [Amer.] --J. Pickering.

Barren Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barren?

[n] an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
[adj] incapable of sustaining life; "the dead and barren Moon"
[adj] not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"
[adj] not fertile or productive; "a barren tree"; "soil too infertile to sustain real pasture"
[adj] without offspring; "in some societies a barren woman is rejected by her tribesmen"
[adj] 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"

See Also | heath | heathland | wild | wilderness

Barren In Webster's Dictionary

\Bar"ren\, a. [OE. barein, OF. brehaing, fem. brehaigne,
baraigne, F. br['e]haigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm.
br['e]kha[~n], markha[~n], sterile; LL. brana a sterile mare,
principally in Aquitanian and Spanish documents; Bisc. barau,
baru, fasting.]
1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young;
   sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

         She was barren of children.           --Bp. Hall.

2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; ?rile.
   ``Barren mountain tracts.'' --Macaulay.

3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.

         Brilliant but barren reveries.        --Prescott.

         Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter.
                                               --Swift.

4. Mentally dull; stupid. --Shak.

{Barren flower}, a flower which has only stamens without a
   pistil, or which as neither stamens nor pistils.

{Barren Grounds} (Geog.), a vast tract in British America
   northward of the forest regions.

{Barren Ground bear} (Zo["o]l.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting
   the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the
   brown bear of Europe.

{Barren Ground caribou} (Zo["o]l.), a small reindeer
   ({Rangifer Gr[oe]nlandicus}) peculiar to the Barren
   Grounds and Greenland.


\Bar"ren\, n.
1. A tract of barren land.

2. pl. Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees,
   but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are
   not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile. [Amer.]
   --J. Pickering.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

In-fighting ‐ boxing at close quarters [n] conflict between members of the…
Protestant deacon ‐ a Protestant layman who assists…
Awake ‐ stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the…
Mensa ‐ a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere…
Calculus ‐ the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with…
Sonny ‐ a male child (a familiar term of address…
Houyhnhnm ‐ one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in Swift's…
Spontaneity ‐ the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings…
Harikari ‐ (Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced…
Copland ‐ United States composer who developed a distinctly American music…