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# barrenness

«barrenness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the state of being bare and empty, with no crops growing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Barrenness is the state of being bare and empty, with no crops growing, or of being unable to have children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrenness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the dry, empty land where nothing grows, often a reason for sadness or for a hero to set out.

### examples

- The barrenness of the desert made them thirsty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrenness/#x1)
- Farmers feared the barrenness of the dry winter field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrenness/#x2)
- The old tree stood in barrenness, with no leaves at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrenness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «barrenness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrenness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.