desert
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English desert (“wilderness”), from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, past participle of dēserō (“to abandon”). Generally displaced native Old English wēsten. False cognate of Egyptian dšrt.
Inflected forms:
form: deserts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: deserts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: deserting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: deserted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: deserted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: And ye poore Pilgrimes, that vvith reſtleſſe toyle
 VVearie your ſelues in vvandring deſert vvayes […]
Not thus the land appear'd in ages past,
 A dreary desert and a gloomy waste.
gloss: A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It is wholly out of the power of language to convey any idea of the blissful enjoyment of obtaining water, after an almost total want of it, during eight and forty hours, in the scorching regions of an Arabian desert, in the month of July.
The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
gloss: Any barren place or situation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: He declared that the country was an intellectual desert; that he was famishing for spiritual aliment, and for discourse on matters beyond mere nuggets, prospectings, and the price of gold.
By contrast, the WR route is an economic desert between Newbury and Taunton.
So the question that is commonly asked is, why put a media incubator in a media desert and have it managed by a civil servant?
gloss: Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: They were marooned on a desert island in the Pacific.
And he said vnto them, Come yee your selues apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many comming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eate.
He […] went aside privately into a desert place.
See, from afar, yon Rock that mates the Sky, / About whoſe Feet ſuch Heaps of Rubbiſh lye: / Such indigeſted Ruin; bleak and bare, / How deſart now it ſtands, expos'd in Air!
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, / And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
gloss: To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
pos: verb
examples: You can't just drive off and desert me here, in the middle of nowhere.
gloss: To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
pos: verb
examples: Anyone found deserting will be punished.
Derived words: Asian desert warbler
Central Desert
Chinese desert cat
concrete desert
daughter of the desert
deagle
desert apricot
desert bean
desert blue
desert boot
desert candle
desert cat
Desert Center
desert chicory
desert cooler
desert cottontail
desert dandelion
desert date
desert dolly
desert fox
desert fruit cake
desert glue
desert hare
desert holly
desertic
deserticole
deserticolous
desertification
desertify
desert ironwood
desert island
desert kite
desert kit fox
desertland
desert lavender
desertlike
desert lily
desert locust
desert lynx
desert marigold
desert mistletoe
desert mole rat
desert monitor
desert mouse
desert oak
desert onion
desertophile
desert pavement
desert pea
desert pear
desert physa
desert raisin
desert rat
desert rheumatism
desert rock
desert rose
desert rue
desert sand
desertscape
desert soil
desert sore
desert tea
desert-thorn
desert tomato
desert tortoise
desert truffle
desert varnish
desertward
desertwards
desert whale
desert wheatear
desert willow
desertworthy
deserty
flowering desert
food desert
medical desert
Mojave Desert
nondesert
Nubian Desert
paleodesert
Peruvian desert fox
polar desert
preach in the desert
Sahara Desert
Sechura desert fox
semi-desert
semidesert
ship of the desert
son of the desert
Sturt's desert pea
Sturt's desert rose
sub-desert
subdesert
transdesert
desertful
deserter
desertion
desert the diet
undeserting
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: ацәҳәыра
roman: acʷḥʷəra
lang: Afrikaans
word: woestyn
lang: Akkadian
word: idīnum
lang: Albanian
word: shkretëtirë
lang: Southern Altai
word: чӧл
roman: čöl
lang: Amharic
word: በረሃ
roman: bäräha
lang: Arabic
word: صَحْرَاء
roman: ṣaḥrāʔ
lang: Arabic
word: صحرة
roman: ṣaḥara
lang: Arabic
word: صحرا
roman: ṣaḥra
lang: Arabic
word: بَرّ
roman: barr
lang: Aramaic
word: מדברא
roman: maḏbrā
lang: Aramaic
word: ܡܕܒܪܐ
roman: maḏbrā
lang: Armenian
word: անապատ
roman: anapat
lang: Aromanian
word: irnjii
lang: Aromanian
word: pundii
lang: Aromanian
word: pustilii
lang: Assamese
word: মৰুভূমি
roman: morubhumi
lang: Asturian
word: ermu
lang: Asturian
word: desiertu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çöl
lang: Azerbaijani
word: səhra
lang: Bashkir
word: сүл
roman: sül
lang: Bashkir
word: сүллек
roman: süllek
lang: Basque
word: basamortu
lang: Belarusian
word: пусты́ня
roman: pustýnja
lang: Bengali
word: মরুভূমি
roman: morubhumi
lang: Bhojpuri
word: रेगिस्तान
roman: rēgistān
lang: Eastern Bontoc
word: potaw
lang: Eastern Bontoc
word: nakkaiang ay lota
lang: Breton
word: dezerzh
lang: Bulgarian
word: пусти́ня
roman: pustínja
lang: Burmese
word: သဲကန္တာရ
roman: sai:kantara.
lang: Burmese
word: ကန္တာရ
roman: kantara.
lang: Buryat
word: сүл
roman: sül
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: пустыня
roman: pustŷnja
lang: Catalan
word: desert
lang: Chechen
word: гӏум-аре
roman: ğum-are
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎢᎾᎨ
roman: inage
lang: Chichewa
word: chipalamba
lang: Chichewa
word: chipululu
lang: Chichewa
word: nkhwangala
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 沙漠
roman: saa¹ mok⁶
lang: Chinese
word: гуәбый
roman: guəbɨy
lang: Chinese
word: гуәбыйтан
roman: guəbɨytan
lang: Chinese
word: кунтан
roman: kuntan
lang: Chinese
word: савә
roman: savə
lang: Chinese
word: сатан
roman: satan
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 沙漠
roman: să-mŏk
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 沙漠
roman: sâ-mo̍k
lang: Chinese
word: 沙漠
roman: soa-bô͘, soa-bo̍k, see-bô͘, sa-bo̍k, sa-bô͘
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 沙漠
roman: shāmò
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 砂漠
roman: shāmò
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 沙漠
roman: ¹so-moq
lang: Chuvash
word: пушхир
roman: pušhir
lang: West Circassian
word: бгынэн
roman: bɣənɛn
lang: Czech
word: poušť
lang: Danish
word: ørken
lang: Dutch
word: woestijn
lang: Dutch
word: woestenij
lang: Egyptian
word: U7:D21-G43-N25
roman: mrw
lang: Emilian
word: desêrt
lang: Esperanto
word: dezerto
lang: Estonian
word: kõrb
lang: Faroese
word: oyðimørk
lang: Faroese
word: oyða
lang: Fiji Hindi
word: desert
lang: Finnish
word: aavikko
lang: Finnish
word: autiomaa
lang: French
word: désert
lang: North Frisian
word: wüüst
lang: West-Frisian
word: woastyn
lang: Friulian
word: disiert
lang: Galician
word: deserto
lang: Galician
word: ermo
lang: Georgian
word: უდაბნო
roman: udabno
lang: German
word: Wüste
lang: German
word: Wüeschti
lang: Bavarian German
word: Wiastn
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌹𐌳𐌰
roman: auþida
lang: Greek
word: έρημος
roman: érimos
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: tave'ÿ
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: yvyku'ipasu
lang: Haitian Creole
word: dezè
lang: Hausa
word: hamada
lang: Hebrew
word: מִדְבָּר
roman: midbār
lang: Hebrew
word: יְשִׁימוֹן
roman: y'shimón
lang: Hindi
word: मरुस्थल
roman: marusthal
lang: Hindi
word: मरुभूमि
roman: marubhūmi
lang: Hindi
word: मरु
roman: maru
lang: Hindi
word: रेगिस्तान
roman: registān
lang: Hindi
word: सहरा
roman: sahrā
lang: Hindi
word: वीराना
roman: vīrānā
lang: Hindi
word: बयाबान
roman: bayābān
lang: Hindi
word: दश्त
roman: daśt
lang: Hungarian
word: sivatag
lang: Icelandic
word: eyðimörk
lang: Icelandic
word: auðn
lang: Icelandic
word: öræfi
lang: Tuwali Ifugao
word: mamaga
lang: Ilocano
word: kadaratan
lang: Ilocano
word: desierto
lang: Indonesian
word: gurun
lang: Ingrian
word: liivikko
lang: Irish
word: fásach m1
lang: Irish
word: gaineamhlach m1
lang: Istriot
word: dazierto
lang: Italian
word: deserto
lang: Japanese
word: 砂漠
roman: sabaku
lang: Japanese
word: 荒野
lang: Javanese
word: segara wedhi
lang: Lubuagan Kalinga
word: leglegen
lang: Lubuagan Kalinga
word: igew un lappun tagu
lang: Southern Kalinga
word: lagrakan
lang: Kalmyk
word: көдә
roman: ködä
lang: Kalmyk
word: цөл
roman: tsöl
lang: Kannada
word: ಮರುಭೂಮಿ
roman: marubhūmi
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: къуругъан тюз
roman: quruğan tüz
lang: Karaim
word: данъгъыл
lang: Karaim
word: чӧл
lang: Kashubian
word: pustiniowi
lang: Kashubian
word: piôszczëzna
lang: Kazakh
word: шөл
roman: şöl
lang: Khakas
word: сӧл чазы
roman: söl çazı
lang: Khmer
word: វាលខ្សាច់
roman: viəl khsac
lang: Korean
word: 사막
roman: samak
lang: Kumyk
word: чёл
roman: çöl
lang: Central Kurdish
word: دەشت
roman: deşt
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: deşt
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: beyeban
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: çol
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: sehra
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чөл
roman: cöl
lang: Ladino
word: desyerto
lang: Lak
word: чул
roman: čul
lang: Lao
word: ທະເລຊາຍ
roman: tha lē sāi
lang: Latin
word: dēsertum
lang: Latvian
word: tuksnesis
lang: Limburgish
word: wósdje
lang: Limburgish
word: weuste
lang: Lithuanian
word: dykuma
lang: Lombard
word: desert
lang: Low German
word: Wööst
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Wüst
lang: Macedonian
word: пустина
roman: pustina
lang: Malagasy
word: efitra
lang: Malay
word: padang pasir
lang: Malay
word: gurun
lang: Malayalam
word: മരുഭൂമി
roman: marubhūmi
lang: Maltese
word: deżert
lang: Manchu
word: ᡤᠣᠪᡳ
roman: gobi
lang: Māori
word: koraha
lang: Marathi
word: वाळवंट
roman: vāḷvaṇṭa
lang: Middle English
word: desert
lang: Mirandese
word: zerto
lang: Mongolian
word: цөл
roman: cöl
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠴᠥᠯ
roman: čöl
lang: Nahuatl
word: huāccāīxtlāhuatl
lang: Navajo
word: doo nidahałtingóó
lang: Ndonga
word: ombuga class 9
lang: Nepali
word: मरुभूमि
roman: marubhūmi
lang: Newar
word: फिसःबुँ
roman: phisa:bũ
lang: Norman
word: desert
lang: Norman
word: d'sèrt
lang: Norman
word: désaert
lang: Norman
word: desert
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ørken
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: ørken
lang: Occitan
word: desèrt
lang: Occitan
word: èrm
lang: Church Slavic
word: поустꙑни
roman: pustyni
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⱂⱆⱄⱅⱏⰻⱀⰻ
roman: pustyni
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⱂⱆⱄⱅⱏⰹⱀⰻ
roman: pustyni
lang: Old English
word: wēsten
lang: Ossetian
word: ӕдзӕрӕгран
roman: æʒærægran
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: пустиня
roman: pustinja
lang: Pashto
word: صحرا
roman: sahrā
lang: Pashto
word: بيابان
roman: byābān
lang: Dari
word: بِیَابَان
roman: biyābān
lang: Dari
word: صَحْرَا
roman: sahrā
lang: Iranian Persian
word: بِیابان
roman: biyâbân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: صَحْرا
roman: sahrâ
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Eed
lang: Polish
word: pustynia
lang: Portuguese
word: deserto
lang: Punjabi
word: ਮਾਰੂਥਲ
roman: mārūthal
lang: Punjabi
word: ਰੇਗਿਸਤਾਨ
roman: registān
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸਹਿਰਾ
roman: sahirā
lang: Punjabi
word: ریگِسْتان
roman: registān
lang: Punjabi
word: صَحِرا
roman: ṣaḥirā
lang: Quechua
word: ch'in pacha
lang: Romanian
word: deșert
lang: Romanian
word: pustiu
lang: Romansh
word: desert
lang: Romansh
word: desiert
lang: Romansh
word: dasiert
lang: Russian
word: пусты́ня
roman: pustýnja
lang: Samoan
word: toafa
lang: Samogitian
word: dīkīnė
lang: Sanskrit
word: मरुभूमि
roman: marubhūmi
lang: Sanskrit
word: मरु
roman: maru
lang: Sanskrit
word: वालुकाब्धि
roman: vālukābdhi
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fàsach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пу́стиња
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pústinja
lang: Shona
word: gwenga
lang: Shor
word: шӧл
lang: Sicilian
word: disertu
lang: Silesian
word: půstyńijo
lang: Sinhalese
word: කාන්තාර
roman: kāntāra
lang: Slovak
word: púšť
lang: Slovene
word: puščava
lang: Slovene
word: pustínja
lang: Somali
word: bataax
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: pusćina
lang: Spanish
word: desierto
lang: Old Spanish
word: desierto
lang: Old Spanish
word: deserto
lang: Old Spanish
word: disierto
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: dreisabana
lang: Swahili
word: jangwa
lang: Swedish
word: öken
lang: Tagalog
word: disyerto
lang: Tajik
word: биёбон
roman: biyobon
lang: Tajik
word: чӯл
roman: čül
lang: Tajik
word: саҳро
roman: sahro
lang: Tamil
word: பாலைவனம்
roman: pālaivaṉam
lang: Tarantino
word: deserte
lang: Tatar
word: чүл
roman: çül
lang: Telugu
word: ఎడారి
roman: eḍāri
lang: Telugu
word: మరుభూమి
roman: marubhūmi
lang: Thai
word: ทะเลทราย
roman: tá-lee-saai
lang: Tibetan
word: བྱེ་ཐང
roman: bye thang
lang: Tocharian B
word: pälkiye
lang: Tongan
word: lala
lang: Tuareg
word: tenere
lang: Turkish
word: çöl
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: چول
roman: çöl
lang: Turkmen
word: çöl
lang: Tuvan
word: кум
roman: kum
lang: Udmurt
word: бушкыр
roman: buškyr
lang: Udmurt
word: такырму
roman: takyrmu
lang: Udmurt
word: пустыня
roman: pustyńa
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎎𐎄𐎁𐎗
roman: mdbr
lang: Ukrainian
word: пусте́ля
roman: pustélja
lang: Ukrainian
word: пусти́ня
roman: pustýnja
lang: Urdu
word: ریگِسْتان
roman: registān
lang: Urdu
word: صَحْرا
roman: sahrā
lang: Urdu
word: دَشْت
roman: daśt
lang: Urdu
word: بَیابان
roman: bayābān
lang: Urdu
word: بِیابان
roman: biyābān
lang: Urdu
word: وِیرانَہ
roman: vīrāna
lang: Urdu
word: مَرُوسْتَھل
roman: marūsthal
lang: Uyghur
word: چۆل
roman: chöl
lang: Uyghur
word: باياۋان
roman: bayawan
lang: Uzbek
word: choʻl
lang: Uzbek
word: sahro
lang: Uzbek
word: biyobon
lang: Vietnamese
word: sa mạc
lang: Vietnamese
word: hoang mạc
lang: Volapük
word: däsärt
lang: Võro
word: kõrbõ
lang: Waray-Waray
word: desyerto
lang: Welsh
word: anialwch
lang: Welsh
word: diffeithdir
lang: Welsh
word: anialdir
lang: Wolof
word: yay
lang: Xhosa
word: intlango
lang: Yakut
word: кумах куйаар
roman: kumaq kuyaar
lang: Yiddish
word: מדבר
roman: midber
lang: Yoruba
word: aṣálẹ̀
lang: Zulu
word: umqothu
lang: Zulu
word: ugwadule class 11/10
lang: Arabic
word: فَرَّ
roman: farra
lang: Asturian
word: desertar
lang: Belarusian
word: дэзерці́раваць
roman: dezjercíravacʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: дезерти́рам
roman: dezertíram
lang: Catalan
word: desertar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 變節 /变节
roman: biànjié
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 叛離 /叛离
roman: pànlí
lang: Czech
word: dezertovat
lang: Danish
word: desertere
lang: Dutch
word: deserteren
lang: Esperanto
word: dizerti
lang: Finnish
word: karata
lang: French
word: déserter
lang: Galician
word: desertar
lang: German
word: desertieren
lang: German
word: fahnenflüchtig werden
lang: German
word: Fahnenflucht begehen
lang: Greek
word: λιποτακτώ
roman: lipotaktó
lang: Hebrew
word: עָרַק
roman: 'arák
lang: Hungarian
word: dezertál
lang: Hungarian
word: megszökik
lang: Italian
word: disertare
lang: Japanese
word: 脱走する
roman: dassō suru
lang: Japanese
word: 変節する
roman: hensetsu suru
lang: Japanese
word: 脱営する
roman: datsuei suru
lang: Korean
word: 변절하다
roman: byeonjeolhada
lang: Korean
word: 탈영하다
roman: taryeonghada
lang: Latin
word: perfugio
lang: Latin
word: transfugio
lang: Latvian
word: dezertēt
lang: Macedonian
word: дезерти́ра
roman: dezertíra
lang: Polish
word: dezerterować
lang: Polish
word: zdezerterować
lang: Portuguese
word: desertar
lang: Romanian
word: a dezerta
lang: Russian
word: дезерти́ровать
roman: dezertírovatʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дезерти́рати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dezertírati
lang: Slovak
word: dezertovať
lang: Slovene
word: dezertirati
lang: Spanish
word: desertar
lang: Swedish
word: desertera
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قاچمق
roman: kaçmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: дезертува́ти
roman: dezertuváty
lang: Vietnamese
word: đào ngũ