Definition of Desert

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(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.
  

(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 tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place.
  

(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.
  

(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.
  

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desert
\de*sert"\ (d&esl;*z&etilde;rt"), n. [of. deserte, desserte, merit, recompense, fr. deservir, desservir, to merit. see deserve.] that which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit. according to their deserts will i judge them. vii. 27. andronicus, surnamed pius for many good and great deserts to rome. his reputation falls far below his desert. hamilton.

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To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned

Meaning
The receipt of a fair punishment for ills you have created.
Origin
Note the single s in deserts. It is more often given with two as it is pronounced like desserts (the sweet course at the end of a meal) rather than deserts (arid sandy regions). The word originates from the French deservir, meaning deserves - hence the spelling.

n., fásach, m.; díthreabh, f.
v., fágaim, tréigim
adj., 'na fhásach, uaigneach

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Anial = n. a desert, a. uncleared

Anialog = a. desert, savage

Arobrid = n. desert, merit

Arobryn = n. desert, merit

Efrllid = n. merit, desert

Haeddedigaeth = n. desert, merit

Peithiog = a open, desert, waste

Rhyglydd = n. desert, merit

Rhyglyddiant = a. desert, merit

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Noun
1. an arid region with little or no vegetation
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) Arabian Desert

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Verb
1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
(synonym) abandon, forsake, desolate
(hypernym) leave
(hyponym) expose
(derivation) desertion, abandonment, defection
2. 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"
(synonym) defect
(hypernym) flee, fly, take flight
(hyponym) rat
(entail) protest, resist, dissent
(derivation) abandonment, forsaking, desertion

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Adjective
1. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
(synonym) godforsaken, waste, wild
(similar) inhospitable

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To dream of wandering through a gloomy and barren desert, denotes famine and uprisal of races and great loss of life and property.

For a young woman to find herself alone in a desert, her health and reputation is being jeopardized by her indiscretion. She should be more cautious.
  

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.

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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.

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v. choS

(1.) Heb. midbar, "pasture-ground;" an open tract for pasturage; a common (Joel 2:22). The "backside of the desert" (Ex. 3:1) is the west of the desert, the region behind a man, as the east is the region in front. The same Hebrew word is rendered "wildernes," and is used of the country lying between Egypt and Palestine (Gen. 21:14, 21; Ex. 4:27; 19:2; Josh. 1:4), the wilderness of the wanderings. It was a grazing tract, where the flocks and herds of the Israelites found pasturage during the whole of their journey to the Promised Land. The same Hebrew word is used also to denote the wilderness of Arabia, which in winter and early spring supplies good pasturage to the flocks of the nomad tribes than roam over it (1 Kings 9:18). The wilderness of Judah is the mountainous region along the western shore of the Dead Sea, where David fed his father's flocks (1 Sam. 17:28; 26:2). Thus in both of these instances the word denotes a country without settled inhabitants and without streams of water, but having good pasturage for cattle; a country of wandering tribes, as distinguished from that of a settled people (Isa. 35:1; 50:2; Jer. 4:11). Such, also, is the meaning of the word "wilderness" in Matt. 3:3; 15:33; Luke 15:4. (2.) The translation of the Hebrew Aribah', "an arid tract" (Isa. 35:1, 6; 40:3; 41:19; 51:3, etc.). The name Arabah is specially applied to the deep valley of the Jordan (the Ghor of the Arabs), which extends from the lake of Tiberias to the Elanitic gulf. While midbar denotes properly a pastoral region, arabah denotes a wilderness. It is also translated "plains;" as "the plains of Jericho" (Josh. 5:10; 2 Kings 25:5), "the plains of Moab" (Num. 22:1; Deut. 34:1, 8), "the plains of the wilderness" (2 Sam. 17:16). (3.) In the Revised Version of Num. 21:20 the Hebrew word jeshimon is properly rendered "desert," meaning the waste tracts on both shores of the Dead Sea. This word is also rendered "desert" in Ps. 78:40; 106:14; Isa. 43:19, 20. It denotes a greater extent of uncultivated country than the other words so rendered. It is especially applied to the desert of the peninsula of Arabia (Num. 21:20; 23:28), the most terrible of all the deserts with which the Israelites were acquainted. It is called "the desert" in Ex. 23:31; Deut. 11:24. (See JESHIMON.) (4.) A dry place; hence a desolation (Ps. 9:6), desolate (Lev. 26:34); the rendering of the Hebrew word horbah'. It is rendered "desert" only in Ps. 102:6, Isa. 48:21, and Ezek. 13:4, where it means the wilderness of Sinai. (5.) This word is the symbol of the Jewish church when they had forsaken God (Isa. 40:3). Nations destitute of the knowledge of God are called a "wilderness" (32:15, midbar). It is a symbol of temptation, solitude, and persecution (Isa. 27:10, midbar_; 33:9, _arabah).

Not a stretch of sand, an utterly barren waste, but a wild, uninhabited region. The words rendered in the Authorized Version by "desert," when used in the historical books denote definite localities.
→ Arabah. This word means that very depressed and enclosed region-the deepest and the hottest chasm in the world-the sunken valley north and south of the Dead Sea, but more particularly the former. See: Arabah Arabah in the sense of the Jordan valley is translated by the word "desert" only in (Ezekiel 47:8)
→ MIDBAR. This word, which our translators have most frequently rendered by "desert," is accurately "the pasture ground." It is most frequently used for those tracts of waste land which lie beyond the cultivated ground in the immediate neighborhood of the towns and villages of Palestine, and which are a very familiar feature to the traveller in that country. (Exodus 3:1; 6:3; 19:2)
→ CHARBAH appears to have the force of dryness, and thence of desolation. It is rendered "desert" in Psal 102:6; Isai 48:21; Ezek 13:4 The term commonly employed for it in the Authorized Version is "waste places" or "desolation."
→ Jeshimon, with the definite article, apparently denotes the waste tracts on both sides of the Dead Sea. In all these cases it is treated as a proper name in the Authorized Version. Without the article it occurs in a few passages of poetry in the following of which it is rendered; "desert:" (Psalms 78:40; 106:14; Isaiah 43:19,20)
  

evening; desert; ravens
  

desert; solitude; destruction
  

desert
  

bird; sparrow; crown; desert
  

Any of the brighter regions of Mars.

The downturned curved right index finger draws across the lips, from left to right. The open hands, palms down, then spread forward and apart, indicating an expanse of land.