arid

arid
[[t]æ̱rɪd[/t]]
1) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.

...new strains of crops that can withstand arid conditions.

...the arid zones of the country.

2) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe something such as a period of your life or an academic subject as arid, you mean that it has so little interest, excitement, or purpose that it makes you feel bored or unhappy.

She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known.

...the politically arid years of military dictatorship in the 1960s and '70s.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Arid — Arid, Groupe de rock indépendant belge, formé du chanteur / guitariste Jasper Steverlinck, du guitariste David Du Pré, du bassiste Filip Ros, et du batteur Steven Van Havere. Ce groupe est souvent comparé à Jeff Buckley, du fait de la voix haut… …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Arid — Ar id, a. [L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride.] Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. An arid waste. Thomson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • arid — (adj.) 1650s, dry, parched, from Fr. aride (15c.) or directly from L. aridus dry, arid, parched, from arere to be dry, from PIE root *as to burn, glow (see ASH (Cf. ash) (1)). Figurative sense of uninteresting is from 1827. Related: Aridly …   Etymology dictionary

  • arid — [adj1] dry barren, bone dry, desert, dry as a bone, dry as dust, dusty, moistureless, parched, thirsty, waterless; concept 603 Ant. damp, humid, moist, wet arid [adj2] uninterested, spiritless boring, colorless, drab, dreary, dry, dull, flat,… …   New thesaurus

  • Arid — (v. lat.), dürre, trocken …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Arīd — (franz.), dürr, trocken; Aridität, Trockenheit. Dürre …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Arid — Arīd (lat.), dürr, trocken; Aridität, Dürre …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Arid — Arid, dürr, trocken; Aridität, Dürre, Trockenheit …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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