--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 9 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 9 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A barn is a big farm building for animals, hay, crops or tools.[↗](../../barn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Barn owls» often live in barns.[↗](../../barn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Barn dance» is a party with country dancing.[↗](../../barn/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 24 cows in the barn.[↗](../../barn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The barn holds 300 bales of hay.[↗](../../barn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 horses left the barn.[↗](../../barn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many animals are in the barn?[↗](../../barn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cows sleep in the barn in winter.[↗](../../barn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A barn owl lives in the old barn.[↗](../../barn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wilbur the pig lived in a barn in «Charlotte's Web».[↗](../../barn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to a barn dance at the farm.[↗](../../barn/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He went out to the barn and got hold of a flail.[↗](../../barn/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD will command the blessing with thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and He will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.[↗](../../barn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.[↗](../../barn/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barn/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.[↗](../../barn/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.1.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barn/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree hath not brought forth — from this day will I bless you.'[↗](../../barn/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAG.2.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barn/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **barnacle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small sea animal with a hard shell that sticks itself to rocks, ships and whales and stays there.[↗](../../barnacle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A person who sticks to someone and will not go away.[↗](../../barnacle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A barnacle can also be a humorous old word for a pair of trousers or pantaloons.[↗](../../barnacle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rocks at the beach were covered in barnacles.[↗](../../barnacle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Barnacles stick to the bottom of boats and slow them down.[↗](../../barnacle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A barnacle catches food with its feathery legs.[↗](../../barnacle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful, barnacles are sharp on bare feet.[↗](../../barnacle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old whale had barnacles on its skin.[↗](../../barnacle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Barnacles are related to crabs and lobsters, not to snails.[↗](../../barnacle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother clung to me like a barnacle all day.[↗](../../barnacle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “No, that's my 'barnacle.'[↗](../../barnacle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") And what do you call these?” said he pointing to his pantaloons.[↗](../../barnacle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **barnyard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The yard or area around a barn on a farm, where animals walk and feed.[↗](../../barnyard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (as an adjective) To do with farm animals, or rough and rude, like "barnyard humour".[↗](../../barnyard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hens pecked at grain in the barnyard.[↗](../../barnyard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made barnyard animal noises in music class.[↗](../../barnyard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pig rolled in the mud of the barnyard.[↗](../../barnyard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The story is set in a noisy barnyard.[↗](../../barnyard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A rooster crowed from the barnyard fence.[↗](../../barnyard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Children fed the goats in the barnyard at the farm park.[↗](../../barnyard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The comedian told silly barnyard jokes.[↗](../../barnyard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Uncle Henry was milking the cows in the barnyard, and Toto had jumped out of her arms and was running toward the barn, barking furiously.[↗](../../barnyard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **barometer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure, used to help forecast the weather.[↗](../../barometer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A barometer is also anything that shows how things are changing, like a sign of what people think.[↗](../../barometer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The barometer is falling, so it might rain.[↗](../../barometer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a simple barometer from a jar and a balloon.[↗](../../barometer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A barometer measures air pressure.[↗](../../barometer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa taps the old barometer on the wall each morning.[↗](../../barometer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · High pressure on the barometer usually means sunny weather.[↗](../../barometer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather station has a barometer and a thermometer.[↗](../../barometer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sales of ice cream are a barometer of the weather.[↗](../../barometer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the barometer and write down the pressure.[↗](../../barometer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **baron** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A nobleman of the lowest rank in Britain and some other countries; in the Middle Ages a lord who held land from the king.[↗](../../baron/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A very rich and powerful businessman in one industry: an oil baron, a media baron.[↗](../../baron/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A powerful criminal boss: a drug baron.[↗](../../baron/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The barons forced King John to sign Magna Carta.[↗](../../baron/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A baron owned the castle and the lands around it.[↗](../../baron/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He became a baron and sat in the House of Lords.[↗](../../baron/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper baron owned ten papers.[↗](../../baron/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The police caught a drug baron at the port.[↗](../../baron/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Red Baron was a famous German pilot in the First World War.[↗](../../baron/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When you have spent it you must go and take another baron’s castle.’[↗](../../baron/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **baroness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A baroness is a woman who holds the rank of baron in her own right, or the wife of a baron.[↗](../../baroness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A baroness is a lady of noble rank, below a countess.[↗](../../baroness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baroness wore a silver crown to the feast.[↗](../../baroness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her husband was a baron, so she was a baroness.[↗](../../baroness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baroness lived in a tall grey house by the river.[↗](../../baroness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **baronial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Baronial means of or like a baron or his castle or hall, grand and noble in style.[↗](../../baronial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baronial hall had a long table and high stone walls.[↗](../../baronial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a baronial castle with towers.[↗](../../baronial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The feast in the baronial house went on all night.[↗](../../baronial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **barony** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A barony is the rank or title of a baron.[↗](../../barony/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A barony is the land or estate that a baron rules over.[↗](../../barony/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He hoped one day to win a barony.[↗](../../barony/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baron knew every field in his barony.[↗](../../barony/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The barony stretched over hills, bogs and pasture.[↗](../../barony/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **barrack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Barracks are a large building or group of buildings where soldiers live.[↗](../../barrack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, Ireland) To barrack someone is to shout rude or mocking things at them while they are speaking or playing.[↗](../../barrack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Australia, NZ) To barrack for a team is to cheer for and support it.[↗](../../barrack/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Barracks can also be a simple building where hens and ducks are kept.[↗](../../barrack/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The soldiers marched back to the barracks.[↗](../../barrack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The army barracks were by the river.[↗](../../barrack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd barracked the referee.[↗](../../barrack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't barrack the speaker; let him finish.[↗](../../barrack/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) I barrack for Collingwood.[↗](../../barrack/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old barracks are now a museum.[↗](../../barrack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She often came in the company of grand noble guests, to whom she showed "the hens' and ducks' barracks," as she called the little house.[↗](../../barrack/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **barred** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not allowed to go in or to do something: banned.[↗](../../barred/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having bars across it, like a barred window or gate.[↗](../../barred/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Having stripes of colour, like a barred owl's feathers.[↗](../../barred/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (past form of bar) Blocked a way, or stopped someone.[↗](../../barred/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He was barred from the game for cheating.[↗](../../barred/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prison had barred windows.[↗](../../barred/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A fallen tree barred the road.[↗](../../barred/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dogs are barred from the playground.[↗](../../barred/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The barred owl has striped feathers on its chest.[↗](../../barred/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The guards barred the castle gate at night.[↗](../../barred/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The debate was no holds barred.[↗](../../barred/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · As he crossed the threshold fifteen armed Turks barred his way, with the Sultan at their head.[↗](../../barred/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **barrel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A barrel is a big round container with a flat top and bottom, usually made of wood or metal, used to hold liquids or other goods.[↗](../../barrel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A barrel is the long tube of a gun, through which the bullet comes out.[↗](../../barrel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A barrel is also an amount (for oil it is about 159 litres).[↗](../../barrel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To barrel along means to move very fast and without control.[↗](../../barrel/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pirates rolled a barrel of rum onto the ship.[↗](../../barrel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We collect rainwater in a barrel for the garden.[↗](../../barrel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A barrel holds 50 litres, so 4 barrels hold 200 litres.[↗](../../barrel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Apples were stored in barrels for the winter.[↗](../../barrel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The truck came barrelling down the hill.[↗](../../barrel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The party was a barrel of laughs.[↗](../../barrel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then they came and rolled the barrel towards the water.[↗](../../barrel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **barren** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of land: too poor to grow plants or crops; bare and empty: a barren desert.[↗](../../barren/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old, also Bible) Of a woman or animal: not able to have babies.[↗](../../barren/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Of a plant or tree: not producing fruit.[↗](../../barren/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Empty, giving no results: a barren argument.[↗](../../barren/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Nothing grew on the barren hillside.[↗](../../barren/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Arctic tundra looks barren in winter.[↗](../../barren/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The barren tree gave no apples.[↗](../../barren/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Sarah was barren until she had Isaac.[↗](../../barren/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the fire, the land was barren.[↗](../../barren/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The talks were long and barren.[↗](../../barren/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So the brave old horse was turned out to find what he could among the rocks on the barren hill-side.[↗](../../barren/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Sarai was barren; she had no child.[↗](../../barren/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barren/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.[↗](../../barren/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barren/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil.[↗](../../barren/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barren/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.[↗](../../barren/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.24.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barren/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in her house as a joyful mother of children.[↗](../../barren/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.113.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barren/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that saith not: 'Enough.'[↗](../../barren/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barren/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **barrenness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Barrenness is the state of being bare and empty, with no crops growing, or of being unable to have children.[↗](../../barrenness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The barrenness of the desert made them thirsty.[↗](../../barrenness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers feared the barrenness of the dry winter field.[↗](../../barrenness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old tree stood in barrenness, with no leaves at all.[↗](../../barrenness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **barricade** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A wall or circle of wagons, carts and goods set up to block a way or to protect a camp.[↗](../../barricade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the barricade, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.[↗](../../barricade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.26.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barricade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **barrier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A barrier is a fence, gate, wall or bar that stops people or things from going somewhere.[↗](../../barrier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A barrier can also be anything that makes something hard to do, like a language barrier.[↗](../../barrier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Never climb over the safety barrier at the cliff.[↗](../../barrier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The barrier came down because a train was coming.[↗](../../barrier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Police put up barriers to keep the crowd back.[↗](../../barrier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Not speaking English was a barrier for the new boy at first.[↗](../../barrier/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of Australia.[↗](../../barrier/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A fence is a barrier around the swimming pool.[↗](../../barrier/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ramps remove barriers for wheelchair users.[↗](../../barrier/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Skin is a barrier that keeps germs out.[↗](../../barrier/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Furiously did the enraged gnome fling two great clouds together, and hurl a thunderbolt after the flying maiden, splintering the rocky barriers which had stood a thousand years.[↗](../../barrier/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · now another third part was at the gate Sur, and another third part at the gate behind the guard — shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.[↗](../../barrier/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.11.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../barrier/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **barring** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Barring means except for, leaving out one thing or person from what is said.[↗](../../barring/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Everyone came, barring Sam, who was ill.[↗](../../barring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We can play any game, barring football.[↗](../../barring/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · All the bees were friendly, barring one.[↗](../../barring/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **barrister** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A lawyer who speaks for people in the higher courts and argues their case in front of a judge.[↗](../../barrister/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In some countries, the word for lawyer is attorney or counsel.[↗](../../barrister/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The barrister stood up and spoke to the jury.[↗](../../barrister/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin is training to be a barrister.[↗](../../barrister/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The barrister wore a white wig and a black gown.[↗](../../barrister/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In court, the barrister asked the witness questions.[↗](../../barrister/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her barrister said she was innocent.[↗](../../barrister/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Barristers must study the law for many years.[↗](../../barrister/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The barrister won the case for the family.[↗](../../barrister/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **barrow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wheelbarrow: a small cart with one wheel at the front and two handles, pushed by hand.[↗](../../barrow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) A small cart with two wheels used by street sellers to sell fruit and other goods (a market barrow).[↗](../../barrow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) A large mound of earth built long ago over a grave.[↗](../../barrow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandad filled the barrow with weeds.[↗](../../barrow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you push the barrow of bricks to the shed?[↗](../../barrow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fruit seller shouted from his barrow in the market.[↗](../../barrow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited an old long barrow on the hill near Avebury.[↗](../../barrow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeologists found tools inside the barrow.[↗](../../barrow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The barrow tipped over and the sand spilled out.[↗](../../barrow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The hounds were running off, flocks of wild fowl flew screaming over the barrows, while the bramble bushes twined round the old stones.[↗](../../barrow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **barrowful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* As much as a wheelbarrow will hold.[↗](../../barrowful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We moved three barrowfuls of soil.[↗](../../barrowful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «A barrowful will do, to begin with.»[↗](../../barrowful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «A barrowful of what?» thought Alice.[↗](../../barrowful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad tipped a barrowful of leaves onto the bonfire.[↗](../../barrowful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It took ten barrowfuls to fill the sandpit.[↗](../../barrowful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A barrowful of apples stood by the gate.[↗](../../barrowful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bart** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) A boy's or man's name, short for Bartholomew or Bartlett; the best-known Bart is Bart Simpson, a cartoon boy.[↗](../../bart/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* BART (USA, abbreviation) Bay Area Rapid Transit, the train system around San Francisco.[↗](../../bart/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Bart.[↗](../../bart/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") (UK, abbreviation) Short for «baronet», a title written after a man's name.[↗](../../bart/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bart Simpson is always getting into trouble.[↗](../../bart/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin Bart plays football.[↗](../../bart/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We took BART from the airport into the city.[↗](../../bart/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The letter was addressed to Sir John Smith, Bart.[↗](../../bart/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bart is short for Bartholomew.[↗](../../bart/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **barter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To barter means to swap things or services for other things instead of using money.[↗](../../barter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Barter is this kind of trading by swapping.[↗](../../barter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Long ago, people bartered fish for bread.[↗](../../barter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I bartered two stickers for one shiny card.[↗](../../barter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The settlers bartered with local people for furs.[↗](../../barter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Barter is trading without money.[↗](../../barter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It is hard to barter if the other person doesn't want what you have.[↗](../../barter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The traders bartered salt for gold.[↗](../../barter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If 3 apples are worth 1 orange, you can barter 9 apples for 3 oranges.[↗](../../barter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he rode away upon the horse that was to be sold or bartered for something else.[↗](../../barter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/8/) **9** [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/10/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/8/) - next →: [page 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