deserted (verb)

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• fossick — verb a) To ferret out; to elicit information. In New South Wales the bureau has been able to dispose of a large contingent of the workless by sending them to fossick for gold on old or deserted goldfields. b) To search for gold, gems, etc., on… …   Wiktionary

• draw a line in the sand — verb a) To provide a test of commitment to a cause that carries a high risk. In 1836, [ …   Wiktionary

• 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

• de|sert — des|ert1 «DEHZ uhrt», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a) a barren region with little or no rainfall, usually sandy and without trees. The Sahara is a great desert in the northern part of Africa. b) a barren region with little or no vegetation because of… …   Useful english 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

• Lipan Apache — are Southern Athabascan (Apachean) people who are aboriginal to present day Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas prior to the 17th century. Present day Lipans mostly live… …   Wikipedia

• Grip, Norway — Grip is an archipelago, a deserted fishing village, and a former municipality () in Norway. Archipelago The Grip archipelago consists of 82 islets and skerries 14 km into the Norwegian Sea northwest off Kristiansund in Norway. The fishing village …   Wikipedia

• desolate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bleak, barren, inhospitable, unpeopled; lonely, abandoned, forlorn; comfortless, miserable. See absence, seclusion, dejection. v. t. waste, depopulate, devastate. See destruction. II (Roget s IV)… …   English dictionary for students

• 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

• bear — I [[t]be͟ə(r)[/t]] VERB USES ♦♦ bears, bearing, bore, borne (Please look at category 19 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) VERB If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.… …   English 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… …