Definition of desertic
1. desert [ v ] leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Examples:
"The mother deserted her children"
(The Dallas Morning News,...)
Occasionally she deserts the simple and elegant for a fun piece simple because `` It 's unlike me '' .
(Frank Murphy, "New Southern Fiction: Urban or Ag...)
The thousands of city migrants who desert the farms yearly must readjust with even greater stress and tension : the sacred wilderness is gradually surrendering to suburbs and research parks and industrial areas .
Synonyms desert forsake abandon lurch desolate Related Terms leave maroon ditch walk_out expose desertion forlornness forsaking2. desert [ n ] an arid region with little or no vegetation
Used in print:(Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)
A site may be a rundown slum or a desolate piece of desert in appearance today but have excellent potentials for the future with a_little development or water .
Other natural features which can be of high interest are the forests , canyons , mountains , deserts , seacoast , beaches , sand_dunes , waterfalls , springs , etcetera with which the area is blessed .
(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)
Tolek_Alterman had returned from the colonies in Palestine and , before the national leadership , exalted the miracles of drying_up swamps and irrigating the desert .
Synonyms desert Related Terms geographical_area biome Gobi Australian_Desert Atacama_Desert sonoran_desert Patagonian_Desert Kalahari Libyan_Desert Mojave Negev Namib_Desert Nubian_Desert Painted_Desert Gila_Desert Sahara Sinai colorado_desert gibson_desert great_sandy_desert great_victoria_desert simpson_desert Death_Valley Arabian_Desert3. desert [ v ] desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
Examples:
"If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)
The mate , Robert_Juet , who had kept the journal on the half_Moon , was experienced - but he was a bitter old_man , ready to complain or desert at any opportunity .
Synonyms desert defect Related Terms flee rat desertion apostasy deserter protest4. desert [ a ] located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
Examples:
"a desert island"
"a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"
"a wild stretch of land"
"waste places"
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