Geldedverb
simple past tense and past participle of geld
Barrenadjective
(not comparable) Unable to bear children; sterile.
āI silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?ā;
Geldedadjective
Castrated.
Barrenadjective
Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation.
Geldedadjective
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed;
āa cut horseā;
Barrenadjective
Bleak.
Barrenadjective
Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
Barrenadjective
Mentally dull; stupid.
Barrennoun
An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
āThe pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit.ā;
Barrenadjective
Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; - said of women and female animals.
āShe was barren of children.ā;
Barrenadjective
Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile.
Barrenadjective
Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
āBrilliant but barren reveries.ā; āSome schemes will appear barren of hints and matter.ā;
Barrenadjective
Mentally dull; stupid.
Barrennoun
A tract of barren land.
Barrennoun
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.
Barrennoun
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;
āthe barrens of central Africaā; āthe trackless wastes of the desertā;
Barrenadjective
providing no shelter or sustenance;
ābare rocky hillsā; ābarren landsā; āthe bleak treeless regions of the high Andesā; āthe desolate surface of the moonā; āa stark landscapeā;
Barrenadjective
not bearing offspring;
āa barren womanā; ālearned early in his marriage that he was sterileā;
Barrenadjective
incapable of sustaining life;
āthe dead and barren Moonā;
Barrenadjective
(of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation
āthe barren, burnt-up countrysideā; āthe plains of Kyrenia were barrenā;
Barrenadjective
(of a tree or plant) not producing fruit or seed
āthe barren fig treeā;
Barrenadjective
showing no results or achievements; unproductive
āhe scored yesterday to end his barren spellā;
Barrenadjective
(of a woman) infertile.
Barrenadjective
(of a female animal) not pregnant or unable to become so.
Barrenadjective
(of a place or building) bleak and lifeless
āthe sports hall turned out to be a rather barren concrete buildingā; āthe flat feels too tidy, almost barrenā;
Barrenadjective
empty of meaning or value
āyour life will be barrenā;
Barrenadjective
devoid of
āthe room was barren of furnitureā;
Barrennoun
a barren tract or tracts of land
āthe Newfoundland barrensā;
Barrennoun
a group or drove of mules
āthe Greeks were seen to drive a barren of mulesā;