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English noun: desert

1. desert (location) arid land with little or no vegetation


Broader (hypernym)biome, parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract


Instance hyponymAn Nafud, An Nefud, Ar Rimsal, Arabian Desert, Arabian Desert, Atacama Desert, Australian Desert, Black Rock Desert, Chihuahuan Desert, Colorado Desert, Dahna, Dasht-e-Kavir, Dasht-e-Lut, Death Valley, Eastern Desert, Gibson Desert, Gila Desert, Gobi, Gobi Desert, Great Arabian Desert, Great Australian Desert, Great Indian Desert, Great Salt Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Kalahari, Kalahari Desert, Kara Kum, Kavir Desert, Kizil Kum, Kyzyl Kum, Libyan Desert, Lut Desert, Mohave, Mohave Desert, Mojave, Mojave Desert, Nafud, Namib Desert, Nefud, Negev, Negev Desert, Nubian Desert, Painted Desert, Patagonian Desert, Qara Qum, Qizil Qum, Rub al-Khali, Sahara, Sahara Desert, Simpson Desert, Sinai, Sinai Desert, Sonoran Desert, Syrian Desert, Taklamakan Desert, Taklimakan Desert, Thar Desert, Turkestan Desert


Part holonymoasis


English verb: desert

1. desert (cognition) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch


SamplesThe mother deserted her children.


ExamplesSam cannot desert Sue


Synonymsabandon, desolate, forsake


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s somebody


Broader (hypernym)leave


Narrower (hyponym)ditch, expose, maroon, strand, walk out

2. desert (social) desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army


SamplesIf soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot.


Synonymsdefect


Pattern of useSomebody ----s.
Somebody ----s PP


Broader (hypernym)flee, fly, take flight


Narrower (hyponym)rat


Entaildissent, protest, resist

3. desert (motion) leave behind


SamplesThe students deserted the campus after the end of exam period.


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something


Broader (hypernym)go away, go forth, leave









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