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1.
barren
v.
43 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To secure (a gate, a door) with bars or a bolt; to bar, block, or bolt;
barren to
; (b) to lock (a room); (c) to lock (sb.) up.
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strēmer(e
n.
Additional spellings:
stremere
15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a)
Naut.
A streamer or pennant attached to the mast of a ship and serving as an identification of the vessel or as a signal flag during battles; (b) a streamer on a standard; also,
eccl.
, a pennant…
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