Barren

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Mentally dull; stupid.

II. Barren ·noun A tract of barren land.

III. Barren ·adj Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.

IV. Barren ·adj Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile.

V. Barren ·adj Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile;

— said of women and female animals.

VI. Barren ·noun 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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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