a. [ OE. barein, OF. brehaing, fem. brehaigne, baraigne, F. bréhaigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm. brékhañ, markhañ, sterile; LL. brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish documents; Bisc. barau, baru, fasting. ]
She was barren of children. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
Brilliant but barren reveries. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Barren flower,
Barren Grounds (Geog.),
Barren Ground bear (Zool.),
Barren Ground caribou (Zool.),
n.
adv. Unfruitfully; unproductively. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]
A total barrenness of invention. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific. [ 1913 Webster ]