Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants.
- adjective Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dry; without moisture; parched with heat; hence, figuratively, uninteresting, lifeless, dull, pithless, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Very
dry . - adjective Describing a very dry
climate . Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually. - adjective
Devoid ofvalue .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- adjective lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Still, the book is often read in arid isolation, as merely a prophetic anticipation of more modern economic theory.
A Wealth Of Ideas Jeffrey Collins 2010
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Taking this into account, the project hopes to combine desalination plants and agriculture along with the solar plants to provide fresh drinking water and grow crops in arid desert region.
World’s Largest Solar Project Planned for Saharan Desert | Inhabitat 2009
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Is Brooks talking about the movie industry in arid Hollywood, CA?
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » “The Limits of Policy” 2010
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Is Brooks talking about the movie industry in arid Hollywood, CA?
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Closed irrigation canals are a must in arid regions.
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It is commonly found in arid climate areas to provide protection from direct sun exposure, as well as for occasional use in protecting the mouth and eyes from blown dust and sand ...
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Cultivation: The candleabra cactus grows in arid conditions to a height of almost 40 feet, branching from a single trunk.
Caladium, candleabra cactus and canna lily: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2008
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Cultivation: The candleabra cactus grows in arid conditions to a height of almost 40 feet, branching from a single trunk.
Caladium, candleabra cactus and canna lily: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2008
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Villages, their white buildings like cubes of feta flung from the sky by the gods, clinging to the slopes of mountains, teetering on cliff edges, nestling in arid inland valleys.
prude 2007
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Villages, their white buildings like cubes of feta flung from the sky by the gods, clinging to the slopes of mountains, teetering on cliff edges, nestling in arid inland valleys.
zizi 2007
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It is perfectly acceptable to include some repetition in documentation, which the Write the Docs project terms "ARID" (accepts (some) repetition in documentation).
The eight rules of good documentation Adam Scott 2018
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