Desert

Definition:

(n.) That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.
(n.) A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation.
(n.) A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
(v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country.
(v. t.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors.
(v. i.) To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond.

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desert vs. saltbush

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desert vs. forlet

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desert vs. samiel

desert vs. discard

desert vs. steppe

desert vs. mobile

bloke vs. desert

arid vs. desert

content vs. desert

beach vs. desert

desert vs. moor

chaparral vs. desert

desert vs. maroon

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desert vs. shemagh

crawfish vs. desert

badlands vs. desert

caravan vs. desert

desert vs. manna

desert vs. precipitate

bedouin vs. desert

desert vs. tergiversate

addax vs. desert

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desert vs. flake

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desert vs. military

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desert vs. desolate

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