Desert - English meaning

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Usage examples:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun

Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.

Usage examples:

She sings and sways with total abandon

verb

Forsake; leave behind

adjective

(of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation.

Usage examples:

The arid plains north of cape town

adjective

(of land or weather) having little rain; very dry

Usage examples:

An arid region

adjective

Very dry and without enough rain for plants

Usage examples:

The desert is so arid that nothing can grow there.

adjective

(of a person or part of the body) not clothed or covered.

Usage examples:

He was bare from the waist up

verb

Uncover (a part of the body or other thing) and expose it to view.

Usage examples:

He bared his chest to show his scar

determiner

A large amount or number of.

Usage examples:

My birthday's on the 22nd—i'm gonna get bare cash

adjective

(of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation.

Usage examples:

The plains of kyrenia were barren

noun

A barren tract or tracts of land.

Usage examples:

The newfoundland barrens

verb

Expose (one's country, a group, or a person) to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy.

Usage examples:

A double agent who betrayed some 400 british and french agents to the germans

verb

To be not loyal to your country or to someone who believes you are loyal, often by doing something harmful

Usage examples:

Some lawmakers say they feel betrayed by the president., she could not help betraying her sympathy …

adjective

On fire.

Usage examples:

A burning building

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

noun

An injury caused by exposure to heat or flame.

Usage examples:

He was treated in hospital for burns to his hands

noun

Consumption of a type of fuel as an energy source.

Usage examples:

Natural gas produces the cleanest burn of the lot

adjective

Having lost a large amount of water from the body.

Usage examples:

His body temperature was high and he had become dehydrated

verb

Cause (a person or their body) to lose a large amount of water.

Usage examples:

The heat dehydrated us even when we stood still

adjective

Not having the normal amount of water in your body so that you feel ill or weak

adjective

Free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist.

Usage examples:

The jacket kept me warm and dry

noun

(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual.

Usage examples:

The dry facts of the matter

verb

Free from liquid or moisture

phrasal verb

Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

phrasal verb

To stop doing or to stop having something

Usage examples:

He gave up jogging after his heart attack., although behind in the chess match, he refused to give …

phrasal verb

To stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because it is too difficult

Usage examples:

She has a struggle trying to persuade the board to accept her proposal, but she's determined not to…

adjective

Having a high degree of heat or a high temperature.

Usage examples:

It was hot inside the hall

verb

Make or become hot.

Usage examples:

He hotted up the flask

adjective

Having a high temperature

Usage examples:

A hot day, a hot meal, it’s hotter in ohio than it is here., matt makes his little sister hot choco…

adjective

(of a person, animal, or plant) unable to reproduce itself; unable to have young.

Usage examples:

Infertile couples are offered specialist advice

adjective

(of people or animals) not able to produce young, or (of land) of poor quality for growing crops

Usage examples:

An infertile couple, infertile soil

verb

Suddenly reject or abandon (a lover).

Usage examples:

He was jilted at the altar by his bride-to-be

noun

A person, especially a woman, who capriciously rejects a lover.

Usage examples:

They'll teach you the guilt of coquetting and ogling, and playing the jilt

verb

Go away from.

Usage examples:

She left london on june 6

noun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

noun

Time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces.

Usage examples:

Joe was home on leave

adjective

Of a brownish-red colour.

Usage examples:

Ornate maroon and gold wallpaper

noun

A brownish-red colour.

Usage examples:

The hat is available in either white or maroon

verb

Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island.

Usage examples:

A novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island

verb

Fail to care for properly.

Usage examples:

The old churchyard has been sadly neglected

noun

The state of being uncared for.

Usage examples:

The place had a hopeless air of neglect

adjective

Dried out with heat.

Usage examples:

The parched earth

verb

Make or become dry through intense heat.

Usage examples:

A piece of grassland parched by the sun

adjective

Burned by flames or heat.

Usage examples:

The suburbs resembled a battlefield with row after row of burned-out homes and the scorched remains…

verb

Burn the surface of (something) with flame or heat.

Usage examples:

Surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast

adjective

Slightly burned, or damaged by fire or heat

Usage examples:

The countryside was scorched after several weeks of hot sun.

verb

Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.

Usage examples:

He shunned fashionable society

verb

Avoid and stay away from deliberately

verb

To avoid or refuse to accept someone or something

Usage examples:

She shunned publicity after she retired from the stage.

adjective

Severe or bare in appearance or outline.

Usage examples:

The ridge formed a stark silhouette against the sky

adjective

Empty or without decoration

Usage examples:

Stark white walls, the dim halls made a stark contrast with the bright, sun-drenched apartment.

adjective

Not able to produce children or young.

Usage examples:

The disease had made him sterile

adjective

(of a person or animal) unable to produce young, or of land unable to produce plants or crops

Usage examples:

It was a small oasis surrounded by sterile desert., medical equipment must be kept sterile., suburb…

verb

Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.

Usage examples:

Two of the firm's trucks are stranded in france

noun

The shore of a sea, lake, or large river.

Usage examples:

A heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand

noun

A single thin length of something such as thread, fibre, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.

Usage examples:

Strands of coloured wool

adjective

Very hot and dry.

Usage examples:

The torrid heat of the afternoon

adjective

(of weather) extremely hot

Usage examples:

Summers in the tropics are torrid., he kept up his torrid hitting pace with a sixth homer in eight …

adjective

A torrid period of time is full of difficult problems

Usage examples:

The manufacturing sector is going through torrid times., these were a torrid few days for spanish i…

adjective

Not producing good or helpful results; unproductive.

Usage examples:

The meeting was unfruitful

adjective

Not producing any good or valuable result

Usage examples:

The two sides have been involved in lengthy - but so far unfruitful - negotiations., if allowed to …

adjective

Not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.

Usage examples:

Unproductive land must be reforested

adjective

Not useful, or not creating anything

Usage examples:

We wasted three days in unproductive discussions.

adjective

Not producing goods, crops, profits, etc. in a satisfactory amount

Usage examples:

Unproductive investments/jobs/projects, grass planted on currently unproductive land could form a u…

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.

Usage examples:

Ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly

noun

An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

It's a waste of time trying to argue with him

noun

An unused area of land that has become barren or overgrown.

Usage examples:

We'd creep through a hole in the fence on this bit of wasteland and play games in the bushes

noun

A large area of land that has not been developed, usually because it cannot be easily used

Usage examples:

Rain forests are being transformed into barren wasteland., television is a vast wasteland.

noun

An uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region.

Usage examples:

Ahead is a barren land of lochans and beautifully-ridged mountains rising steeply from an uninhabit…

noun

An area of land that has not been farmed or had towns and roads built on it, esp. because it is difficult to live in as a result of its extremely cold or hot weather or bad earth

Usage examples:

Large parts of canada are still wilderness.

noun

If someone previously in a position of power is now in the wilderness, they have lost their power and it is not clear if or how they will get it back

Usage examples:

His dismissal from the cabinet led to a long period in the political wilderness.

noun

A natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Usage examples:

Kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild

verb

Treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.

Usage examples:

Let your pigeon fly for a while: we don't want to wild him

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats