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. whale

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desert vs. rainforest

desert vs. land

appetizer vs. desert

desert vs. meedfully

desert vs. saltbush

desert vs. westy

desert vs. forlet

desert vs. thar

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

abscond vs. desert

desert vs. pan

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

desert vs. deserving

desert vs. flake

desert vs. meed

desert vs. erg

desert vs. khamsin

desert vs. strand

desert vs. lonely

desert vs. jerboa

desert vs. desertion

desert vs. deserter

desert vs. unit

desert vs. naval

desert vs. military

desert vs. forsake

desert vs. leave

desert vs. obligation

desert vs. promise

desert vs. succeed

desert vs. survive

desert vs. exist

desert vs. presence

depend vs. desert

anything vs. desert

desert vs. vegetation

barren vs. desert

desert vs. desolate

desert vs. reward

desert vs. just

desert vs. punishment

desert vs. oasis

desert vs. waste

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desert vs. fail

desert vs. simoom

desert vs. sand

camel vs. desert

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abdicate vs. desert

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