The meaning of Barn

noun

A cowshed.

Usage examples:

They are put in the byres (cow sheds) for the winter period, and our byre is literally 2ft away fro…

noun

A cage or pen in which poultry are kept.

Usage examples:

Many of the lots had a barn for a cow and horses, and a coop for chickens.

verb

Confine in a small space.

Usage examples:

Being cooped up indoors all day makes him fidgety

verb

Put or keep (poultry) in a cage or pen.

Usage examples:

Our free-range chickens roam the barnyard instead of staying cooped up in a henhouse

verb

Gather or collect (something, especially information or approval).

Usage examples:

The police struggled to garner sufficient evidence

noun

A granary.

Usage examples:

The upper floor also contains garners for storing unmalted and malted grain.

verb

To get or earn something valuable or respected, often with difficulty

Usage examples:

Coppola garnered several oscars for his movie, "the godfather."

noun

A country house with farm buildings attached.

Usage examples:

Biddulph grange

noun

A shed or other farm building open in front, typically with a lean-to roof.

Usage examples:

The plan is to build modern clay dries as well as linhays for each siding on the same foot-print.

noun

A row or street of houses or flats that have been converted from stables or built to look like former stables.

Usage examples:

An eighteenth-century mews

noun

(of a cat or some kinds of bird) make a characteristic high-pitched crying noise.

Usage examples:

Cats mewing to be fed

verb

A cage or building for trained hawks, especially while they are moulting.

noun

A smaller separate building such as a shed or barn that belongs to a main building, such as a house or farm.

Usage examples:

He added the main mill building and outbuildings would be demolished because they were fragile and …

noun

A usually small building near to and on the same piece of land as a larger building

Usage examples:

The barn and other outbuildings were sold together with the main house.

noun

A building such as a shed or barn that is built on to or in the grounds of a house.

Usage examples:

Sheds, outhouses, garages, barns were emptied of their contents - chainsaws, power tools, mowers, b…

verb

Store or accommodate away from the main storage or accommodation area.

Usage examples:

Books outhoused in the annex take longer to deliver

noun

A small building containing a seat over a hole that is used as a toilet, used esp. by people who live in houses that do not have water moving in pipes

noun

A unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg).

Usage examples:

A short ton is the standard u.s. ton of 2,000 pounds and measures weight.

verb

Strike or hit heavily and repeatedly.

Usage examples:

Patrick pounded the couch with his fists

verb

Shut (an animal) in a pound.

noun

A simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop.

Usage examples:

A bicycle shed

verb

Park (a vehicle) in a depot.

Usage examples:

The buses were temporarily shedded in that depot

verb

(of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground.

Usage examples:

Both varieties shed leaves in winter

noun

A place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.

Usage examples:

Huts like this are used as a shelter during the winter

verb

Protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather.

Usage examples:

The hut sheltered him from the cold wind

noun

Something that gives protection, such as a building or tent, or the protection provided

Usage examples:

[ c ] we took the stray dog to an animal shelter., [ u ] the wall gave us some shelter from the win…

adjective

(of an object or structure) not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed.

Usage examples:

Specially designed dinghies that are very stable

noun

A building set apart and adapted for keeping horses.

Usage examples:

The horse was led from its stable

verb

Put or keep (a horse) in a stable.

Usage examples:

They must be stabled and fed

noun

A stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area.

Usage examples:

Fruit and vegetable stalls

verb

(of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine.

Usage examples:

Her car stalled at the crossroads

noun

A pigsty.

Usage examples:

It was a complete sty; papers littered the ground, dirty dishes were in the sink, and the windows w…

verb

Keep (a pig) in a sty.

Usage examples:

The most beggarly place that ever pigs were stied in

noun

An inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid, caused by bacterial infection of the gland at the base of an eyelash.

Usage examples:

Usually the staphylococcal bacteria are not concentrated enough to do any harm, but sometimes they …