desert

  • 11desert — 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 …

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  • 12desert — desert1 [di zʉrt′] vt. [Fr déserter < LL desertare < desertus, pp. of L deserere, to desert, lit., to disjoin < de , from + serere, to join < IE base * ser , to join, place in a row > Gr eirein, to fasten in rows, L series] 1. to… …

    English World dictionary

  • 13desert — index abandon (physically leave), abandon (relinquish), abscond, default, defect, depart, disclaim, escape …

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  • 14desert — desert; desert·thorn; sub·desert; semi·desert; …

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  • 15desert# — desert n *waste, badlands, wilderness desert n *due, merit Analogous words: meed, guerdon, reward (see PREMIUM): punishment, chastisement, chastening, disciplining or discipline (see corresponding verbs at PUNISH) desert vb f …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 16desert — 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 …

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  • 17desert — [adj] barren, uncultivated arid, bare, desolate, infertile, lonely, solitary, sterile, uninhabited, unproductive, untilled, waste, wild; concept 560 Ant. cultivated, fertile, productive desert [n] wasteland; dry area arid region, badland, barren …

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  • 18desert — Desert, Desertum, Eremus, Solitudo, Lieu delaissé, et non frequenté. Appel desert, Prouocatio deserta. Lieux desers, ou nul ne frequente, Desertae solitudines. S enfuir en quelque desert pour sauver sa vie, Mandare vitam suam fugae et solitudini …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 19Desert — De*sert (d[ e]*z[ e]rt ), n. [OF. deserte, desserte, merit, recompense, fr. deservir, desservir, to merit. See {Deserve}.] That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 20Desert — • The word wilderness, which is more frequently used than desert of the region of the Exodus, more nearly approaches the meaning of the Hebrew Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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