Arid
adjective
Very dry, not having enough water for plants to grow.
The arid desert was barren and inhospitable.
Often appears as...
- arid land
- arid climate
adjective
Lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning.
They had to sit through an arid lecture about the history of economics.
Often appears as...
- arid lecture
- arid subject
adjective
Very dry, not having enough water for plants to grow.
The arid desert was barren and inhospitable.
Often appears as...
- arid land
- arid climate
adjective
Lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning.
They had to sit through an arid lecture about the history of economics.
Often appears as...
- arid lecture
- arid subject
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Usage
Arid is often used to describe regions with very little rain, like some deserts and drought-stricken areas.
Nomadic tribes traverse the arid landscapes in search of water.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Descriptions
Use 'arid' to talk about dry weather patterns or when discussing climate types in geography.
The Sahara is well-known for its arid climate.
Pro Tip 3/3Agricultural Challenges
Describing land as arid implies it's difficult for farming or vegetation without irrigation.
People avoid farming in arid areas due to poor soil fertility.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Usage
Arid is often used to describe regions with very little rain, like some deserts and drought-stricken areas.
Nomadic tribes traverse the arid landscapes in search of water.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Descriptions
Use 'arid' to talk about dry weather patterns or when discussing climate types in geography.
The Sahara is well-known for its arid climate.
Pro Tip 3/3Agricultural Challenges
Describing land as arid implies it's difficult for farming or vegetation without irrigation.
People avoid farming in arid areas due to poor soil fertility.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Usage
Arid is often used to describe regions with very little rain, like some deserts and drought-stricken areas.
Nomadic tribes traverse the arid landscapes in search of water.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Descriptions
Use 'arid' to talk about dry weather patterns or when discussing climate types in geography.
The Sahara is well-known for its arid climate.
Pro Tip 3/3Agricultural Challenges
Describing land as arid implies it's difficult for farming or vegetation without irrigation.
People avoid farming in arid areas due to poor soil fertility.
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Video examples
The Silk Road:...
connecting to various settlements and to each other thread by thread. The first agricultural civilizations were isolated places in fertile river valleys, their travel impeded by surrounding geography and fear of the unknown. But as they grew, they found that the arid deserts and steps on their borders
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Sending Humans to Mars:...
and food security there. So the idea is that you'll want to figure out ways to grow things on Mars. And not just for food, which is going to be important, but again towards that social component. You'll want something to do that brings you closer to nature. We've seen Mars is an arid place.
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
in arid environments so I think we may have to reinterpret how these dinosaurs were making a living now there are certain areas that dinosaurs never adapted to one of those is an aquatic lifestyle no dinosaur has ever really got a fin a tail fin or anything like that
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Mars 101 PIPE National...
and thick atmosphere that allowed oceans of water to exist nowadays Mars is a frigid and arid desert world with no signs of life at least on the surface but new data from NASA's reconnaissance mission shows evidence that liquid water does likely
Video examples
3 moons and a planet...
Mars -- dry and arid. It's got no water. And beyond Mars, the water in the solar system is all frozen. But recent observations have changed all that. It's now turning our attention to the right places for us to take a deeper look
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Rattlesnake Tail in Slow...
that is a big snake that's quite extraordinary it's such a long rattle and particularly rough scales and this is this because it's a very arid environment yeah they're called keeled scales so just helps them move through
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Amazing Kangaroo...
kangaroos must acknowledge that right now while the Sun is low there's no immediate cause for concern but this situation went last long Australia is the world's most arid continent with blistering daytime temperatures
Video examples
Wild Chronicles: Dog...
sheep and fight wolves but this intrepid dog is in the million an arid land far from his native home here Caesar faces not walls but cheetahs and he's not supposed to fight them but to help them
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Precious Water PIPE Survive...
permanent wells along the trail in this arid landscape using as little water as possible is a key survival strategy it's embedded in Samburu life and my host
Video examples
Carving the Earth PIPE...
discarded stones along the sides this border help shield the lines from the wind and the arid desert climate
Video examples
The Silk Road:...
connecting to various settlements and to each other thread by thread. The first agricultural civilizations were isolated places in fertile river valleys, their travel impeded by surrounding geography and fear of the unknown. But as they grew, they found that the arid deserts and steps on their borders
Video examples
Sending Humans to Mars:...
and food security there. So the idea is that you'll want to figure out ways to grow things on Mars. And not just for food, which is going to be important, but again towards that social component. You'll want something to do that brings you closer to nature. We've seen Mars is an arid place.
Video examples
Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
in arid environments so I think we may have to reinterpret how these dinosaurs were making a living now there are certain areas that dinosaurs never adapted to one of those is an aquatic lifestyle no dinosaur has ever really got a fin a tail fin or anything like that
Video examples
Mars 101 PIPE National...
and thick atmosphere that allowed oceans of water to exist nowadays Mars is a frigid and arid desert world with no signs of life at least on the surface but new data from NASA's reconnaissance mission shows evidence that liquid water does likely
Video examples
3 moons and a planet...
Mars -- dry and arid. It's got no water. And beyond Mars, the water in the solar system is all frozen. But recent observations have changed all that. It's now turning our attention to the right places for us to take a deeper look
Video examples
Rattlesnake Tail in Slow...
that is a big snake that's quite extraordinary it's such a long rattle and particularly rough scales and this is this because it's a very arid environment yeah they're called keeled scales so just helps them move through
Video examples
Amazing Kangaroo...
kangaroos must acknowledge that right now while the Sun is low there's no immediate cause for concern but this situation went last long Australia is the world's most arid continent with blistering daytime temperatures
Video examples
Wild Chronicles: Dog...
sheep and fight wolves but this intrepid dog is in the million an arid land far from his native home here Caesar faces not walls but cheetahs and he's not supposed to fight them but to help them
Video examples
Precious Water PIPE Survive...
permanent wells along the trail in this arid landscape using as little water as possible is a key survival strategy it's embedded in Samburu life and my host
Video examples
Carving the Earth PIPE...
discarded stones along the sides this border help shield the lines from the wind and the arid desert climate
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Quote examples
Sofia Kovalevskaya
Russian Mathematician
Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Indian Leader
The ideal of an all-sided education for youth had always been close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction, aimed only at the development of body and intellect.
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Steven Berkoff
English Actor
Los Angeles is a weird mixture of every influence that Europe has dropped in its melting pot. It is hot, arid, picturesque, seething, banal, sometimes plain pleasant, and sometimes awesome.
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Pamela Stephenson
Australian Actress
I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
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Wendi McLendon-Covey
American Actress
Most people think of the humidifier as something for arid climates, which I guess most of L.A. is, but it's just generally good for hydrating the skin, no matter what.
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Harlan Ellison
American Writer
You watch enough TV, and very soon the inside of your head has become a vast, arid plain, across which you cannot detect the passage of a thought.
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Gertrude Jekyll
British Celebrity
There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments.
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Sterling Hayden
In fact, there are only two things in this world that I'm crazy about, boats arid women.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.
Quote examples
Sofia Kovalevskaya
Russian Mathematician
Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.
Quote examples
Paramahansa Yogananda
Indian Leader
The ideal of an all-sided education for youth had always been close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction, aimed only at the development of body and intellect.
Quote examples
Steven Berkoff
English Actor
Los Angeles is a weird mixture of every influence that Europe has dropped in its melting pot. It is hot, arid, picturesque, seething, banal, sometimes plain pleasant, and sometimes awesome.
Quote examples
Pamela Stephenson
Australian Actress
I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
Quote examples
Wendi McLendon-Covey
American Actress
Most people think of the humidifier as something for arid climates, which I guess most of L.A. is, but it's just generally good for hydrating the skin, no matter what.
Quote examples
Harlan Ellison
American Writer
You watch enough TV, and very soon the inside of your head has become a vast, arid plain, across which you cannot detect the passage of a thought.
Quote examples
Gertrude Jekyll
British Celebrity
There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.
Quote examples
E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments.
Quote examples
Sterling Hayden
In fact, there are only two things in this world that I'm crazy about, boats arid women.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.
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