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  • desert — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ arid, barren, dry, hot ▪ green fields surrounded by arid desert ▪ vast ▪ empty …   Collocations dictionary

  • desert - dessert — ◊ desert Desert is used as a noun or a verb. The noun and the verb are pronounced differently. A desert is a large area of land where there is very little water or rain, no trees, and very few plants. ...the Sahara Desert. When people or animals… …   Useful english dictionary

  • desert — Ⅰ. desert [1] ► VERB 1) leave without help or support; abandon. 2) leave (a place), causing it to appear empty. 3) illegally run away from military service. DERIVATIVES desertion noun. ORIGIN Latin desert …   English terms dictionary

  • desert — desert, dessert There are two unrelated words spelt desert: one, with stress on the first syllable, is the barren area of land, and the other, with stress on the second syllable, is what one deserves, as in get one s just deserts. The verb desert …   Modern English usage

  • desert — ♦♦♦ deserts, deserting, deserted (The noun is pronounced [[t]de̱zə(r)t[/t]]. The pronunciation [[t]dɪzɜ͟ː(r)t[/t]] is used for the verb and for meaning 8.) 1) N VAR: oft in names after n A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region,… …   English dictionary

  • desert — English has three distinct words desert, which come from two separate sources. Desert ‘what one deserves’ [13] (now usually used in the plural) is related, as its meaning suggests, to the verb deserve. It comes from Old French desert or deserte,… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • desert — English has three distinct words desert, which come from two separate sources. Desert ‘what one deserves’ [13] (now usually used in the plural) is related, as its meaning suggests, to the verb deserve. It comes from Old French desert or deserte,… …   Word origins

  • desert — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin desertum, from Latin, neuter of desertus, past participle of deserere to desert, from de + serere to join together more at series Date: 13th century 1. a. arid land with… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • desert — I. /ˈdɛzət / (say dezuht) noun 1. an area so deficient in moisture as to support only a sparse, widely spaced vegetation, or none at all. 2. any area in which few forms of life can exist because of lack of water, permanent frost, or absence of… …  

  • desert — Ⅰ. des·ert1 (dĕz’ərt) n. 1) A barren or desolate area, especially: a) A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation. b) A region of permanent cold that is largely or entirely devoid of life. c) An… …   Word Histories

  • desert — I UK [ˈdezə(r)t] / US [ˈdezərt] noun Word forms desert : singular desert plural deserts ** 1) [countable/uncountable] a large area of land with few plants and little water and where the weather is always dry 2) [countable] a boring place where… …   English dictionary

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