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Look up: barren

  1. barren
    Type: Term Pronunciation: bar′en Definitions: 1. Unable to produce a pregnancy.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  2. Barren
    Barren primarily refers to a state of Barrenness (infertility) Barren as a place name can refer to: Barren can also refer to: ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barren

  3. barren
    not good enough unable to have young ones without value 
    Found on http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.htm

  4. barren
    [adj] - not fertile or productive 2. [adj] - not bearing offspring 3. [adj] - incapable of sustaining life 4. [n] - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. barren
    an area that is devoid of trees or bears only stunted trees Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Barren
    Bar'ren (băr'r e n) adjective [ Middle English barein , Old French brehaing , fem. brehaigne , baraigne , French bréhaigne ; of uncertain origin; confer Arm. brékhañ , markhañ
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/17

  7. Barren
    Bar'ren noun 1. A tract of barren land. 2. plural 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/17

  8. barren
    1. A tract of barren land. ... 2. 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. ... 1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; aid of women and female animals. 'She wa...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. barren
    destitute adjective completely wanting or lacking; `writing barren of insight`; `young recruits destitute of experience`; `a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness`; `a life empty of happiness`; `innocent of literary merit`; `void of understanding`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. barren
    adjective incapable of sustaining life; `the dead and barren Moon`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. barren
    adjective not bearing offspring; `a barren woman`; `learned early in his marriage that he was sterile`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. barren
    waste noun an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; `the barrens of central Africa`; `the trackless wastes of the desert`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. Barren
    • (a.) Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. • (a.) Mentally dull; stupid. • (a.) Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile. • (n.) A tract of barren land. • (n.) Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak ba...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. barren
    barren (BAR uhn) 1. Producing no offspring, childless: 'The couple decided to adopt a child when they realized that she was barren.' 2. Incapable of producing offspring; sterile: 'The farmer was cheated when he bought the barren cow.' 3. Lacking vegetation, as barren fields; unproductive, unfruitful, depleted, desolate: 'No one could rais...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  15. Barren
    Said of rock or vein material containing no minerals of value, and of strata without coal, or containing coal in seams too thin to be workable.
    Found on http://www.coaleducation.org/glossary.ht

  16. Barren
    Barren is the collective noun for a group of mules.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  17. Barren
    Condition of a mare that did not become pregnant during the breeding season
    Found on http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/Hor



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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