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1 barren
['bærən](not able to produce crops, fruit, young etc: barren soil; a barren fruit-tree; a barren woman.) neploden* * *I [baerən]adjective ( barrenly adverb)(of) neploden, pust; suhoparen, jalov; mrtev (kapital)II [baerən]nounneplodna zemlja, pustinja -
2 desert
I [di'zə:t] verb1) (to go away from and leave without help etc; to leave or abandon: Why did you desert us?) zapustiti2) (to run away, usually from the army: He was shot for trying to desert.) dezertirati•- deserted- deserter
- desertion II ['dezət] noun(an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain: Parts of the country are like a desert; ( also adjective) desert plants.) puščava* * *I [dizɜ:t]transitive verb & intransitive verb( from) opustiti, opuščati, zapustiti; military dezertirati; izneveriti seII [dézət]1.adjectivezapuščen, pust;2.nounpuščava; poetically miren kotiček; figuratively puščoba, pusta stvarIII [dizɜ:t]nounzasluga; nagrada, plačilo, kazen; plural zaslužni ljudjeto meet with one's deserts, to get one's deserts — dobiti, kar smo zaslužili -
3 desolate
['desələt]1) ((of landscapes, areas etc) very lonely or barren: desolate moorland.) pust2) (very sad, lonely and unhappy.) žalosten, obupan•* * *I [désəleit]transitive verb(o)pustošiti, izropati; v obup spraviti, užalostitiII [désəlit]adjective ( desolately adverb)opustošen, razdejan, pust, neobljuden; neutešljiv, žalosten, otožen; nesrečen, obupan, zapuščen -
4 oak
[əuk] 1. noun(a type of large tree with hard wood.) hrast2. adjectivetrees in an oak wood; a room with oak panelling.) hrastov* * *[óuk]nounbotany hrast, hrastovina; hrastovo listje, barva hrastovega listja; poetically lesene barke; British English university zunanja stanovanjska vratafiguratively heart of oak — hraber človek; figuratively & poetically ladjevjeBritish English to sport one's oak — zakleniti se v hišo (da nismo moteni) -
5 wrest
[rest]1.nounpovlek, poteg, sunek, hiter obrat; iztrganje, izvitje; music kladivce za uglaševanje (harfe); technical razperilo, razvodka;2.transitive verb(s silo) trgati, vleči, z naporom dobiti ali izsiliti; figuratively odvrniti, speljati v stran; skriviti, popačiti (besedilo itd.)to wrest a living from barren land — iz neplodne zemlje z velikim trudom izsiliti svoj vsakdanji kruh (življenjski obstanek) -
6 lay waste
(to make (a piece of land) into barren country by burning and plundering.) opustošiti
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Barren — as a place name can refer to: *Barren County, Kentucky *Barren Island (Andaman Islands) *Barren Island, Brooklyn *Barren River LakeBarren can also refer to: *Barren County (album) *Barren County Progress *Barren Realms Elite *Barren Strawberry… … Wikipedia
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
barren — [bar′ən, ber′ən] adj. [ME barain < OFr baraigne, brehaigne, orig. used of land] 1. that cannot produce offspring; sterile [a barren woman] 2. not bearing or pregnant at the regular time: said of animals or plants 3. not producing crops or… … English World dictionary
barren — I adjective arid, bare, childless, desolate, disused, empty, fallow, fruitless, functionless, idle, impotent, inactive, inane, infecund, infertile, insufficient, issueless, nonfertile, nonproducing, nonproductive, profitless, scarce, shallow,… … Law dictionary
barren — (adj.) c.1200, from O.Fr. baraigne, baraing sterile, barren (12c.), perhaps originally brahain, of obscure derivation, perhaps from a Germanic language. In England, originally used of women, of land in France. Of land in English from late 14c. As … Etymology dictionary
barren of — formal : not having (something) : ↑without a hillside barren of trees • • • Main Entry: ↑barren … Useful english dictionary
Barren — Bar ren, n. 1. A tract of barren land. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Barren [1] — Barren, 1) Canton im südlichen Theile des Staates Kentucky in den Vereinigten Staaten; Flächeninhalt etwa 23 QM.; Boden wellenförmig, in einigen Theilen hügelig, ziemlich fruchtbar. Es finden sich Schwefel u. Salzquellen, u. der Canton besitzt… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Barren [2] — Barren (Mehrzahl Barrens), Bezeichnung für »unfruchtbare« Landstriche in Nordamerika; so besonders für die ursprünglich steppenhaften Hochflächen in Kentucky, auf denen heute erfolgreich Tabak gebaut wird; die kiefernbestandenen Sandebenen in… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Barren [2] — Barren, Turngerät aus zwei parallelen, horizontalen, auf je zwei gleich! hohen Stützen ruhenden Hölzern (Holmen). Höhe und Abstand der Holmen richten sich nach den verschiedenen Altersstufen, von denen das Gerät benutzt wird Gegenwärtig benutzt… … Lexikon der gesamten Technik
barren — [adj1] unable to support growth arid, depleted, desert, desolate, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, impotent, impoverished, infecund, infertile, parched, sterile, unbearing, uncultivable, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive, waste; concepts… … New thesaurus
