Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - arid
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Arid
arid
adjective Etymology: French or Latin; French ~e, from Latin ~us, from arere to be dry; akin to Sanskrit asa ash, Old English asce Date: 1652 1. excessively dry; specifically having insufficient rainfall to support agriculture 2. lacking in interest and life ; jejune • ~ity noun • ~ness noun
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adj. 1 a (of ground, climate, etc.) dry, parched. b too dry to support vegetation; barren. 2 uninteresting (arid verse). Derivatives aridity n. aridly adv. aridness n. Etymology: F aride or L aridus f. arere be dry ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. сухой, безводный; засушливый; метеор. аридный arid zone —- аридная зона 2. бесплодный arid desert —- бесплодная пустыня 3. скучный, сухой, неинтересный arid scientific studies —- сухие научные изыскания ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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region засушливый район; аридная/пустынная область ARID adj. 1) сухой, засушливый; безводный; аридный (о почве) - arid region 2) сухой, скучный, неинтересный Syn: see sterile ...Англо-русский словарь
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1. Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it. ...new strains of crops that can withstand arid conditions. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. 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. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj 1 arid land is extremely dry and cannot produce many crops (Much of Namibia is arid country.) 2 an arid discussion, period of time etc does not produce anything new - aridity adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1652, "dry, parched," from L. aridus, from arere "to be dry," from PIE base *as- "to burn, glow." Figurative sense of "uninteresting" is from 1827. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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