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Defenition of the word desert

    • Defenition of the word desert

      • A wide, open, comparatively barren tract of land with few forms of life and little rainfall.
      • Left behind by the owner or keeper.
      • To leave someone who needs or counts on you.
      • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
      • as of an organization, a country or an army
      • an arid region with little or no vegetation
      • located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
      • 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"
      • arid land with little or no vegetation
      • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
      • leave behind
      • desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

    Synonyms for the word desert

      • abandon
      • defect
      • desolate
      • forsake
      • godforsaken
      • lurch
      • waste
      • wild

    Similar words in the desert

      • inhospitable

    Hyponyms for the word desert

      • Arabian Desert
      • Atacama Desert
      • Australian Desert
      • Colorado Desert
      • Death Valley
      • ditch
      • expose
      • Gibson Desert
      • Gila Desert
      • Gobi
      • Gobi Desert
      • Great Sandy Desert
      • Great Victoria Desert
      • Kalahari
      • Kalahari Desert
      • Libyan Desert
      • maroon
      • Mohave
      • Mohave Desert
      • Mojave
      • Mojave Desert
      • Namib Desert
      • Negev
      • Negev Desert
      • Nubian Desert
      • Painted Desert
      • Patagonian Desert
      • rat
      • Sahara
      • Sahara Desert
      • Simpson Desert
      • Sinai
      • Sinai Desert
      • Sonoran Desert
      • strand
      • walk out

    Hypernyms for the word desert

      • biome
      • flee
      • fly
      • geographic area
      • geographic region
      • geographical area
      • geographical region
      • go away
      • go forth
      • leave
      • parcel
      • parcel of land
      • piece of ground
      • piece of land
      • take flight
      • tract

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