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1 barrenness
noun esterilidadtr['bærənnəs]1 esterilidad nombre femeninon.• aridez s.f.• esterilidad s.f.• eterilidad s.f.['bærǝnnɪs]N [of soil] aridez f ; [of woman] esterilidad f -
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3 barren
'bærən(not able to produce crops, fruit, young etc: barren soil; a barren fruit-tree; a barren woman.) estéril, baldío (tierra), infértiltr['bærən]1 (land, woman) estéril2 (meagre) escaso,-abarren ['bærən] adj1) sterile: estéril (dícese de las plantas o la mujer), árido (dícese del suelo)2) deserted: yermo, desiertoadj.• calvo, -a adj.• estéril adj.• infructuoso, -a adj.• machorro, -a adj.• pelado, -a adj.• seco, -a adj.• yermo, -a adj.• árido, -a adj.n.• tierra yerma s.f.'bærənadjective -er, -est ( infertile) <land/soil> estéril, yermo (liter); <tree/plant/animal> (no comp) estéril; < woman> (dated or liter) infecunda, estéril['bærǝn]ADJ [soil] árido; [plant, woman] estérilbarren of — falto de, desprovisto de
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4 emptiness
noun vacíotr['emptɪnəs]1 (nothingness) vacío2 (meaningnessless) vacuidad nombre femeninoemptiness ['ɛmptinəs] n: vacío m, vacuidad fn.• vacuidad s.f.• vacío s.m.'emptinəs, 'emptinɪsmass noun (of landscape, region) ausencia de vegetación, habitantes etc; ( meaninglessness) lo vacío, vacuidad f (frml)['emptɪnɪs]N1) (=bareness, barrenness) desolación f, vacío mthe emptiness of the desert — la desolación or el vacío del desierto
2) (=void) vacío mthe emptiness of his life — el vacío or frm la vacuidad de su vida
* * *['emptinəs, 'emptinɪs]mass noun (of landscape, region) ausencia de vegetación, habitantes etc; ( meaninglessness) lo vacío, vacuidad f (frml)
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Barrenness — Bar ren*ness, n. The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness. [1913 Webster] A total barrenness of invention. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
barrenness — index blank (emptiness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
barrenness — late 14c., literal; mid 14c., figurative (of spiritual emptiness), from BARREN (Cf. barren) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
barrenness — barren ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of land) too poor to produce vegetation. 2) (of a female animal) unable to bear young. 3) bleak and lifeless. 4) (barren of) without. DERIVATIVES barrenness noun. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
BARRENNESS AND FERTILITY — BARRENNESS AND FERTILITY, the inability or ability of man and woman to procreate. Procreation is considered a blessing in the Bible and it is a commandment (Gen. 1:28; 9:7; Rashi, ibid.) applicable to all Jewish men, although not to Jewish women… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
barrenness — noun see barren I … New Collegiate Dictionary
barrenness — See barrenly. * * * … Universalium
barrenness — noun The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life … Wiktionary
barrenness — It was the worst of misfortunes for a Hebrew or Jewish wife not to bear children (1 Sam. 1:10 ff.). So the prediction that women who were childless will be thankful is an indication of how appalling will be the disaster to fall on Jerusalem… … Dictionary of the Bible
barrenness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sterility, unproductiveness, infecundity, infertility, childlessness, effeteness, impotence, desolateness, unfruitfulness, bleakness, emptiness, aridness, aridity, agenesis, unfructuosity. Ant. fertility*, fruitfulness,… … English dictionary for students
barrenness — bar·ren·ness || bærÉ™nɪ n. sterility, infertility; desolateness, emptiness … English contemporary dictionary