arid
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4.0
- adjective
- /ˈærɪd/
:
árido
- The father drove through the arid landscape, sunk in his own preoccupations.
- semi-arid
- arid and semiarid
- arid region
And the idea was, so Mars looks so much like Earth could have been, although it's arid and there is little atmosphere, etcetera, could there be life?
- And the idea was, so Mars looks so much like Earth could have been, although it's arid and there is little atmosphere, etcetera, could there be life?
- Like I said, these are grown in a very arid climates, Southern California and in areas like the Bay regions of of California grow this.
Examples
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Over two-thirds of Australia is arid or semi-arid, with the northern third lying within the tropics.
Academic text (1990) -
Transboundary water resources in the arid Middle East have long been the source of conflict.
Academic text (1993) -
I look out the window at the arid landscape of Southern California.
Fiction book (1999) -
Again, she wondered what would bring an American government vessel to this arid and lonely coast.
Fiction book (2000) -
As the valley's bottomlands became arid, the land could no longer support its inhabitants.
Academic text (1992) -
The water source in an otherwise arid place attracts ungulates, which fall prey to the leopards.
Academic text (2011) -
Nothing but juniper and sage grow on these arid heights, yet I don't find them forbidding.
Fiction book (1998) -
A camel is a domesticated cud-chewing mammal... indigenous to arid climates.
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What I'm trying to say, Mr. Barber, is that you are a cool drink of Cheyenne spring water after a long gallop across the golden, arid prairie.
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The Saharan region is known for its arid conditions, making it difficult for plants to survive.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not wet or without any liquid
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4.7
Having very little water because of heat
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1.3
Land or plants that need water because they are dry
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3.4
A place with no water that is very dry like a desert
1
9.9
Very dry and needing little water, like a desert
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dry
Surface Forms
Etymology
Arid comes from the Latin word aridus, which means 'dry'. So arid describes land or a climate with very little rain and almost no plants.