American English pronunciation
How to pronounce desert
IPA transcription: ['dɛzɚt]
Pronunciation variants: ['dɛzɚt][dɪ'zɚt]
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Noun
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arid land with little or no vegetation
Verb
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leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
“The mother deserted her children”
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desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
“If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot”
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leave behind
“the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period”
Usage examples
- The interior was desert, and new species such as Scutosaurus and Gorgonopsids filled it.
- From that day on, it was the desert that would be important.
- He had already seen many people come and go, and the desert remained as it was.
- "Fatima is a woman of the desert," said the alchemist.
- The men of the desert were already familiar with that wind.
- You can't desert now.
- To the west and southwest of the two ranges lies the Yuma Desert.
- He had already seen many people come and go, and the desert remained as it was.
- The desert was all sand in some stretches, and rocky in others.
- Desert lizards have fine, granular dorsal scales.