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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˈbærən/
barren means: Having few or no plants because the ground cannot support their growth.
adjective
Having few or no plants because the ground cannot support their growth.
- Nothing grew in the barren soil.
- They crossed a barren stretch of desert.
- Years of drought left the fields barren.
Empty and dull, with little life, interest, or comfort.
- The room felt cold and barren.
- Pictures made the barren walls more welcoming.
- They tried to brighten the building's barren interior.
Unable to have children.
- The story describes a barren woman longing for a child.
- The king rejected his barren wife.
- People wrongly assumed she was barren because she had no children.
noun
A broad, often high, flat area where mainly small trees, bushes, and low plants grow.
- Small pines grow across the barrens.
- We picked berries on the upland barrens.
- The pine barrens support many unusual plants.
An area of poor land where few plants grow and few people live.
- They crossed a rocky barren before sunset.
- Few people live in these remote barrens.
- The road ends at the edge of the barrens.
Questions about barren
What does barren mean?
Having few or no plants because the ground cannot support their growth.
What is barren in other languages?
Türkçe: çorak · Español: árido · Français: aride · Deutsch: karg · Italiano: arido · 日本語: 不毛の
How do you pronounce barren?
It is pronounced /ˈbærən/.
How do you use barren in a sentence?
Nothing grew in the barren soil. They crossed a barren stretch of desert.
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