DESERT

Meaning of DESERT in English

A barren or desolate area, especially one characterized by dry, often sandy conditions of little rainfall, typically less than 10 inches of rain per year, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation. Also see Biome.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary. Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга. 2012

DESERT — I Large, extremely dry area of land with fairly sparse vegetation. It is one of the Earth's major types of …
Английский словарь Британика
DESERT — I. des·ert ˈdezə(r)]t, usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin desertum, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DESERT — desert 1 — desertic /di zerr"tik/ , adj. — desertlike , adj. /dez"euhrt/ , n. 1. a region so arid …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DESERT — I. des·ert ˈde-zərt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin desertum, from Latin, neuter of desertus, past participle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DESERT — noun that which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; …
Webster English vocab
DESERT — [des.ert] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. LL desertum, fr. L, neut. of desertus, pp. of deserere to desert, fr. de- …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DESERT — any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation. It is one of the Earth's major types of ecosystems, …
Britannica English vocabulary
DESERT — I de|sert verb BrE AmE di |ˈzɜːt də- AmE -|ˈzɝːt ▷ de|serted ˈzɜːt ɪd -əd AmE ˈzɝːt̬ əd ▷ de|serting …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DESERT — noun , verb ■ noun / ˈdezət; NAmE ˈdezərt/ —see also deserts [ C , U ] a large area …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESERT — I. des ‧ ert 1 W3 /ˈdezət $ -ərt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DESERT — n. & adj. --n. a dry barren often sand-covered area of land, characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation; an uninteresting …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DESERT — n. & adj. n. a dry barren often sand-covered area of land, characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation; an uninteresting …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DESERT — 1. v. 1. tr. abandon, give up, leave (deserted the sinking ship). 2 tr. forsake or abandon (a cause or …
Oxford English vocab
DESERT — The noun is pronounced /dezə(r)t/. The verb is pronounced /dɪzɜ:(r)t/ and is hyphenated de‧sert. ( deserted) Frequency: The word is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESERT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coastal/desert/mountain etc environment ▪ The storm caused significant damage to the coastal environment. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DESERT — (SANDY AREA) [noun] - (a large area of) land covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain …
Cambridge English vocab
DESERT — n. Arabian Desert Atacama Desert desert varnish Gibson Desert Gobi Desert Great Sandy Desert Great Victoria Desert Kalahari Desert Karakum …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DESERT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ arid , barren , dry , hot ▪ green fields surrounded by arid ~ ▪ vast …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DESERT — n. 25B6; noun an African desert : WASTELAND, wastes, wilderness, wilds, barren land; dust bowl. See list. 25B6; adjective desert …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DESERT — Not a stretch of sand, an utterly barren waste, but a wild, uninhabited region. The words rendered in the Authorized …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
DESERT — noun BAD : I was miles from anywhere, stuck on a desert country road. GOOD : I was miles from …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
DESERT — I 1. сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert ≈ безводная пустыня trackless desert ≈ безжизненная пустыня reclaim a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT — desert.ogg _I 1. ʹdezət n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near desert - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DESERT — I 1. [ʹdezət] n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near ~ - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное место; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DESERT — _I 1. ʹdezət n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near desert - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное место; …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT — I 1. ˈdezət сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert — безводная пустыня trackless desert — безжизненная пустыня - …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DESERT — I 1. ['¬ўЄ†«] desert.wav сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert — безводная пустыня trackless desert — безжизненная пустыня - cultural desert - reclaim a desert Syn: plain, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DESERT — пустыня; пустынный - absolute desert - arctic desert - arctic polygon desert - argillaceous desert - clay desert - cold desert - pebble-cobble desert - sagebrush desert - salt …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DESERT — пустыня; пустынный - absolute desert - arctic desert - arctic polygon desert - argillaceous desert - clay desert - cold …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DESERT — 1. 1) общ. пустыня the Sahara Desert — пустыня Сахара They were lost in the desert for nine days. — Они блуждали по …
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
DESERT — I 1. сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert ≈ безводная пустыня trackless desert ≈ безжизненная пустыня reclaim a …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT — desert- see deserer
Interlingua English vocab
DESERT — a. desert; (noun) deserte; v. deserter (-ion, -or) abandonar
English interlingue dictionary
DESERT — biyaan
English-Visayan vocabulary
DESERT — I. noun see: series Date: 13th century 1. arid land with usually sparse vegetation, an area of water apparently devoid …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DESERT — (v. i.) To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; …
Английский словарь Webster
DESERT — (v. t.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert …
Английский словарь Webster
DESERT — (v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; …
Английский словарь Webster
DESERT — (a.) Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they …
Английский словарь Webster
DESERT — (n.) A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; …
Английский словарь Webster
DESERT — (n.) A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia …
Английский словарь Webster
DESERT — (n.) That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; …
Английский словарь Webster
DESERT — ( v. t. ) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DESERT — ( v. t. ) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DESERT — ( v. i. ) To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DESERT — ( n. ) That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DESERT — ( n. ) A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DESERT — ( n. ) A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DESERT — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DESERT — adj. isolated; located in a remote area; desolate, godforsaken
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DESERT — v. abandon, forsake; leave the army without permission
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DESERT — n. wasteland, area where there is little rainfall
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DESERT — n. desert locust desert soil desert tortoise desert varnish Arabian Desert Atacama Desert Colorado Desert Great Indian Desert Great Salt …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DESERT — n. Pronunciation: di- ' z ə rt Function: verb Etymology: French déserter, from Late Latin desertare, frequentative of Latin deserere …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DESERT — n. Pronunciation: di- ' z ə rt Function: noun Etymology: Middle English deserte, from Anglo-French, from feminine of desert, past …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DESERT — n. Pronunciation: ' de-z ə rt Function: adjective Date: 13th century 1 : desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied <a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DESERT — n. Pronunciation: ' de-z ə rt Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin desertum, from Latin, neuter …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DESERT — ~ 1 [ dɪ'zə:t ] ■ verb 1》 callously or treacherously abandon. 2》 [usu. as adjective ~ed ] leave (a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DESERT — n. 1 (in pl.) a acts or qualities deserving reward or punishment. b such reward or punishment (has got his …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DESERT — v. 1 tr. abandon, give up, leave (deserted the sinking ship). 2 tr. forsake or abandon (a cause or a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DESERT — n. 1 (in pl.) a acts or qualities deserving reward or punishment. b such reward or punishment (has got his …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DESERT — v. 1 tr. abandon, give up, leave (deserted the sinking ship). 2 tr. forsake or abandon (a cause or a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DESERT — (~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is a large …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DESERT — n. Large, extremely dry area of land with fairly sparse vegetation. It is one of the Earth's major types of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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