Definition
the desert: the dry, sandy land with little water or plants (for example the Sahara)
to desert: to abandon, to leave
Sometimes Horatio feels like he's deserted his family because he spends so much time at work.
It is illegal to desert the army. It is illegal to abandon or to betray the army.
desert: desolate, empty, lonely, dry
Pronunciation examples
UK: You shouldn't have abandoned me in the middle of the desert!
US: We trekked for four days across the desert, without food or water.
- "Your job - it is to walk around in desert and not drink water?"
- "It's pretty much a cold blue desert up here."
- "Krazy Gidyon : Krazy Gidyon does not understand... Your job, it is to walk around in desert and not drink water?"
- "But there's something wrong, the beach is practically deserted."
- "I was under the impression that the country is comprised of mostly plateaus and deserts."
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