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Desert

Noun1.desert - an arid region with little or no vegetation
biome - a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
Arabian Desert - a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia
Atacama Desert - a desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits
Australian Desert - general name given to all desert areas in Australia
Colorado Desert - an arid region of southeastern California
Death Valley - a desert area in eastern California and southern Nevada; the lowest point in North America
Gibson Desert - a desert area in western Australia
Gila Desert - a desert area in southern Arizona
Gobi, Gobi Desert - a desert in central Asia
Great Sandy Desert - a desert region in northwestern Australia north of the Gibson Desert
Great Victoria Desert - a desert region in south central Australia north of the Nullarbor Plain
Kalahari, Kalahari Desert - a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana
Libyan Desert - the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan
Mohave Desert, Mojave Desert, Mohave, Mojave - a desert area in southern California
Namib Desert - a desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean
Negev, Negev Desert - a desert in southern Israel
Nubian Desert - an arid sandstone plateau between the Nile and the Red Sea
Painted Desert - a desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona
Patagonian Desert - a semi-arid region in southern South America
Sahara, Sahara Desert - the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa
Simpson Desert - a desert region of central Australia
Sinai Desert, Sinai - a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt
Sonoran Desert - a desert in southwestern Arizona
Verb1.desert - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
leave - go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind"
expose - abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
walk out - leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She walked out on her husband and children"
ditch - forsake; "ditch a lover"
maroon, strand - leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
2.desert - desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
flee, take flight, fly - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
rat - desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
Adj.1.desert - located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"

 

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