Associations to the word «Arid»
Noun
- Steppe
- Semi
- Savanna
- Grassland
- Climate
- Desert
- Rainfall
- Tropic
- Precipitation
- Scrub
- Irrigation
- Rainforest
- Evaporation
- Sahara
- Weathering
- Vegetation
- Cactus
- Acacia
- Monsoon
- Drought
- Habitat
- Lowland
- Classification
- Reclamation
- Woodland
- Plain
- Plateau
- Shrub
- Moisture
- Dune
- Dry
- Groundwater
- Ecosystem
- Oasis
- Namibia
- Soil
- Carbonate
- Tundra
- Grazing
- Mangrove
- Andes
- Juniper
- Terrain
- Zone
- Erosion
- Region
- Triassic
- Humidity
- Escarpment
- Expanse
- Foothill
- Upland
- Savannah
- Eucalyptus
- Saharan
- Outcrop
- Vast
- Rajasthan
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ARID, adjective. Very dry.
ARID, adjective. Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
ARID, adjective. Devoid of value.
Dictionary definition
ARID, adjective. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross".
ARID, adjective. 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.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.