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  Barren
     For a woman to be barren was accounted a severe punishment among
     the Jews (Gen. 16:2; 30:1-23; 1 Sam. 1:6, 27; Isa. 47:9; 49:21;
     Luke 1:25). Instances of barrenness are noticed (Gen. 11:30;
     25:21; 29:31; Judg. 13:2, 3; Luke 1:7, 36).
     

  Barren \Bar"ren\ (b[a^]r"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.
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              She was barren of children.           --Bp. Hall.
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     2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile.
        ``Barren mountain tracts.'' --Macaulay.
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     3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
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              Brilliant but barren reveries.        --Prescott.
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              Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter.
                                                    --Swift.
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     4. Mentally dull; stupid. --Shak.
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     Barren flower, a flower which has only stamens without a
        pistil, or which has 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.
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  Barren \Bar"ren\, n.
     1. A tract of barren land.
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     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.
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  Barren \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.

  Barren \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
       adj 1: 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" [syn: bare, bleak, desolate, stark]
       2: not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in
          his marriage that he was sterile"
       3: incapable of sustaining life; "the dead and barren Moon"
       n : an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;
           "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of
           the desert" [syn: waste, wasteland]

  barren
     Βασκικά a.
     βαθύς

  barren
     Basque a.
     deep
     Basque n.
     1 interior
     2 guts, stomach
     3 (lb eu figurative) soul, spirit
     Basque part.
     (ngd: A particle used to give certainty or emphasis.)
     Catalan vb.
     (ca-verb form of p=3 n=pl m=ind t=pres barrar)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (inflection of nb barre  def s)
     Spanish vb.
     1 (es-verb form of: barrar)
     2 (es-verb form of: barrer)

  Barren
     German n.
     1 m (lb de metallurgy) bar, ingot
     2 m (lb de gymnastics) parallel bars

  barren
     a.
     1 (lb en not comparable) Unable to bear children; sterile.
     2 Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation.
     n.
     An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.

  barren
     Basque a.
     deep
     Basque n.
     1 interior
     2 guts, stomach
     3 (lb eu figurative) soul, spirit
     Basque part.
     (ngd: A particle used to give certainty or emphasis.)
     Catalan vb.
     (ca-verb form of p=3 n=pl m=ind t=pres barrar)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (inflection of nb barre  def s)
     Spanish vb.
     1 (es-verb form of: barrar)
     2 (es-verb form of: barrer)

  Barren
     German n.
     1 m (lb de metallurgy) bar, ingot
     2 m (lb de gymnastics) parallel bars

  barren
     Basque a.
     deep
     Basque n.
     1 interior
     2 guts, stomach
     3 (lb eu figurative) soul, spirit
     Basque part.
     (ngd: A particle used to give certainty or emphasis.)
     Catalan vb.
     (ca-verb form of p=3 n=pl m=ind t=pres barrar)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (inflection of nb barre  def s)
     Spanish vb.
     1 (es-verb form of: barrar)
     2 (es-verb form of: barrer)

  Barren
     German n.
     1 m (lb de metallurgy) bar, ingot
     2 m (lb de gymnastics) parallel bars

  barren
     Englanti a.
     1 hedelmätön
     2 karu (land)
     3 maho
     4 tuottamaton

  Barren
     Saksa n.
     1 harkko, sauva
     2 (yhteys urheilu k=de aak=barren) nojapuut

  barren
     n.
     (böjning sv subst barr)

  Barren
     Tyska n.
     1 tacka, ''i form gjutet metallstycke''
     2 barr (u), ''gymnastikredskap''

  barren
     n.
     (böjning sv subst barr)

  Barren /bˈarən/ 
  ingot 
           Note: of metal
     Synonym: Block
  
   see: Barren, Blocken
  

  Barren /bˈarən/ 
  ingots
     Synonym: Blocken
  
   see: Barren, Block
  

  Barren /bˈarən/ 
   [sport] parallel bars , bars 
           Note: gym apparatus
        "am Barren turnen"  - exercise on the bars
           Note: Turngerät

  Barren /ˈbaʁən/ 
  harkko
  in Form gegossenes Metall

  Barren /ˈbaʁən/ 
  1. lingot
  in Form gegossenes Metall
  2. barres parallèles
  Turnsport: ein Sportgerät, das aus zwei parallelen Stangen besteht

  Barren /ˈbaʁən/ 
  batangan
  in Form gegossenes Metall

  Barren /bˈarən/
  brug

  Barren /ˈbaʁən/ 
  1. sztaba
  in Form gegossenes Metall
  2. poręcz
  Turnsport: ein Sportgerät, das aus zwei parallelen Stangen besteht

  Barren /ˈbaʁən/ 
  1. tacka
  in Form gegossenes Metall
  2. barr
  Turnsport: ein Sportgerät, das aus zwei parallelen Stangen besteht

  Barren /bˈarən/ 
  bar paralel

  Barren /bˈarən/ 
  külçe

  Barren /bˈaɹən/
  قاحل

  barren //ˈbæɹən// 
  1. неплодороден
  infertile
  2. безплоден, ялов
  unable to bear children; sterile

  barren //ˈbæɹən// 
  пустош
  area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place

  barren /bˈaɹən/ 
  pustý

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  neplodný

  barren /bˈaɹən/ 
  neúrodný

  barren /bˈaɹən/ 
  jalový

  barren /bˈaɹən/ 
  prázdný

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  karg, kärglich  [geogr.]
        "the barren mountaintops"  - die kargen Bergspitzen
           Note: hardly fertile

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  nichttragend  [bot.]
        "a barren tree"  - ein nichttragender Baum
           Note: not producing fruit

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  nichtträchtig, güst, gelt, galt  [Süddt.]  [Ös.]  [Schw.]  [agr.]
           Note: Vieh
           Note: non-pregnant livestock

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  taub, unhaltig  [min.]
     Synonym: dead
  

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  trostlos, öde, eintönig 
        "a barren routine"  - eintönige Routine
           Note: not exciting

  barren /bˈaɹən/
   [dated] unfruchtbar, zeugungsunfähig, steril  [biol.]
     Synonyms: infertile, sterile
  
   see: be infertile, be sterile, shoot blanks
  

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  unproduktiv 
     Synonym: dead
  
   see: barren spell
  

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  
  στείρος, άκαρπος, άγονος

  barren //ˈbæɹən// 
  1. hedelmätön, karu
  infertile
  2. steriili, hedelmätön, maho
  unable to bear children; sterile

  barren /bˈaɹən/ 
  1. ऊसर, बंजर भूमि
        "We can not use barren for producing any crops."

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  gol, jalov, neplodan, nepogodan, oskudan, pust

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  1. sivár
  2. haszontalan
  3. pusztaság
  4. hálátlan
  5. puszta
  6. meddô
  7. nélkülözô
  8. terméketlen vidék
  9. kopár
  10. értéktelen
  11. terméketlen
  12. eredménytelen
  13. érdektelen

  barren //ˈbæɹən// 
  tandus
  infertile

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  sterile

  barren //ˈbæɹən// 
  1. 不毛 2.
  infertile
   3.
  unproductive
  2. 不妊
  unable to bear children; sterile

  barren /bærən/
  sterilis

  barren /ˈbærən/ 
    jałowy, bezpłodny

  barren /bærən/
  бесплодный

  barren /bærən/
  árido

  barren //ˈbæɹən// 
  ofruktbar, karg
  infertile

  barren //ˈbæɹən// 
  ödemark
  area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place

  barren /bˈaɹən/
  1. kısır
  2. meyvasız
  3. kıraç, verimsiz (toprak)
  4. yavan, anlamsız
  5. budala, boş kafalı
  6. (gen.)(çoğ.) düz veya hafif meyilli, toprağı kumlu, nispeten çorak arazi. barrenly  kısır bir şekilde. barrenness kısırlık.

  
/ˈbaɾɾən/

  
/ˈbæɹən/, /ˈbɛɹən/

  Barren -- U.S. County in Kentucky
     Population (2000):    38033
     Housing Units (2000): 17095
     Land area (2000):     490.973907 sq. miles (1271.616528 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    8.955255 sq. miles (23.194002 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    499.929162 sq. miles (1294.810530 sq. km)
     Located within:       Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
     Location:             36.984455 N, 85.933483 W
     Headwords:
      Barren
      Barren, KY
      Barren County
      Barren County, KY
  

  160 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

  a. 不育的,贫瘠的;

     a. 不育的,贫瘠的
     n. 荒地