DESERT

Meaning of DESERT in English

Deserts are regions with very low rainfall and where vegetation is extremely sparse. They cover about a sixth of the Earth's land surface. They fall into three groups: (i) hot climatic deserts: cold climatic deserts; and rainshadow deserts.

Weather and meteorology English vocabulary. Английский словарь погоды и метеорологии . 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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