Definitions for arid
ˈær ɪdarid

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arid, waterlessadjective

   lacking sufficient water or rainfall

   "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"

2. arid, desiccate, desiccatedadjective

   lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless

   "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aridadjective

   Very dry.

2. aridadjective

   Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.

3. aridadjective

   Devoid of value.

4. Etymology: Ultimately from the term aridus, confer its synonymous contracted form ardus. Originally from the verb areo, akin to ardeo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aridadjective

   Dry; parched up.

   Etymology: aridus, Lat. dry.

   My complexion is become adust, and my body arid, by visiting lands. Scriblerus Club , M. Scribl.

   His harden’d fingers deck the gaudy spring,
   Without him summer were an arid waste. James Thomson, Autumn.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arid

   A region is arid when it severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Regions with arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic. Most arid climates straddle the Equator; these regions include parts of Africa, Asia, South America, North America, and Australia.

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1. arid

   Arid refers to a type of climate or environment that is extremely dry due to minimal or lack of rainfall and moisture. It usually characterizes regions like deserts where vegetation is sparse and living conditions can be harsh due to the lack of water.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aridadjective

   exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren

2. Etymology: [L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arid

   A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic. Most "arid" climates surround the equator; these places include most of Africa and parts of South America and Central America.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arid

   ar′id, adj. dry: parched.—ns. Arid′ity, Ar′idness. [L. aridus.]

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EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arid

   Applied to regions in which the normal rainfall is insufficient to produce ordinary farm crops without irrigation, and in which desert conditions prevail: see humid.

Anagrams for arid »

1. Dari

2. raid

3. RAID

4. riad

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of arid in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of arid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of arid in a Sentence

1. Jim Green:

   Mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past. Under certain circumstances, liquid water has been found on Mars.

2. Jim Green:

   Today, we’re revolutionizing our understanding of the planet, mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past - under certain circumstances, liquid water has been found on Mars.

3. Harrison Randriarimanana:

   In my personal opinion, the south is a difficult region. It's a semi-arid area, which is difficult to develop.

4. Bonner Cohen:

   This is a man-made disaster, southern California is an arid part of the world where droughts -- even severe droughts -- are commonplace, and knowing this, you’d think the government of California would have included this mathematical certainty in its disaster preparedness planning, but the government has done nothing, not even store rain, as the population has continued to grow.

5. President Ramaphosa:

   The impact of apartheid on black families was devastating. In my own family it happened twice, where land was taken, we were moved from where my parents had grown up owning land, working the land, they were moved and dropped into an arid place with no compensation whatsoever, as it is now, the poverty that we have in South Africa, in part, has been given rise to by people not having assets.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=arid
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Arid
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=arid
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arid
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arid
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=arid
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=arid
9. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=arid