A desert is a very dry area of land where few plants and animals can live. If you find yourself stranded in the middle of the desert, you'll have no company except for the occasional lizard or scorpion.
That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.
Noun
an arid region with little or no vegetation
Verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
Verb
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"
Adjective S.
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
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 deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of
supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are
destitute and vegetation.
n.
A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population,
but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary
place.
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.
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.
Desert
According to their deserts will I judge them.
Andronicus, surnamed Pius For many good and great deserts to Rome.
His reputation falls far below his desert.
Desert
A dreary desert and a gloomy waste.2.
He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord.
Before her extended Dreary and vast and silent, the desert of life.
Desert
He . . . went aside privately into a desert place.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
Desert
Desert
The soldiers . . . deserted in numbers.
That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.
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.
Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary;
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;
To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond.
Usage Examples
I'm so happy to have been a part of that process and I would go straight back into the desert in a ton of chain mail for Ridley any day of the week. He's an amazing director and I can't wait to see the long version.
I like the desert for short periods of time, from inside a car, with the windows rolled up, and the doors locked. I prefer beach resorts with room service.
I lived in small town out in the desert and my friend used to steal his mom's car in the middle of the night. He'd drive over to my house, I'd sneak out and we'd go out to the desert and just burn things down.
I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.
Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression.
I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert he was like a second father.
Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
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Other Usage ExamplesAs a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.
Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.
It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.
I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I'd like to see them again. And I'd love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there.
As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
Let us be honest with each other. The threat to marriage is not the gays. It is a lack of loving commitment - whether it is found in the form of neglect, indifference, cruelty or adultery, to name just a few manifestations of the loveless desert in which too many marriages come to grief.
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