desert

  • 51DÉSERT — ERTE. adj. Inhabité, ou Qui n est guère fréquenté. Lien désert. Pays désert. Campagne déserte. Île déserte. Ville déserte. Rue déserte.   En termes d ancienne Pratique, on disait qu Un appel était désert, quand celui qui l avait interjeté ne l… …

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  • 52desert — I verb 1) his wife deserted him Syn: abandon, leave, turn one s back on; throw over, jilt, break up with; leave high and dry, leave in the lurch, leave behind, strand; informal walk out on, run out on, drop, dump, ditch; literary forsake 2) …

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  • 53desêrt — a m (ȇ) jed, ki se ponudi po glavni jedi v dnevnem obroku, poobedek: ob koncu obeda so prinesli desert; za desert je bil sir; sadni desert …

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  • 54desert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. waste, wilderness, solitude. See uselessness, seclusion. II v. leave, forsake, abandon; secede, run away; leave in the lurch, be faithless, ditch (sl.). See avoidance, relinquishment. n. reward, due …

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  • 55desert — desert1 [dɪ zə:t] verb 1》 callously or treacherously abandon. 2》 [usu. as adjective deserted] leave (a place), causing it to appear empty. 3》 illegally leave the armed forces. Derivatives desertion noun Origin ME: from OFr. deserter, from late L …

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  • 56desert — 1 noun 1 (C, U) a large area of sand where it is always very hot and dry: the Sahara Desert 2 (C) a place where there is no activity or where nothing interesting happens: a cultural desert 2 verb 1 (T) to leave someone alone and refuse to help or …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 57desert*/*/ — [ˈdezət] noun [C/U] I a large area of land with few plants and dry weather II verb desert [dɪˈzɜːt] 1) [T] to leave a person or place and not come back 2) [I] if soldiers desert, they leave the army without permission desertion [dɪˈzɜːʃ(ə)n] noun …

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  • 58desert — 1. noun /dɪˈzɜːt/ a) That which is considered to be deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward From the highest spire of contentment / my fortune is thrown; / and fear and grief and pain for my deserts / are my hopes, since hope is gone. b) …

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  • 59desert — The term denotes the idea that how a person ought to be treated depends on a fact about their actions, or their character: a proportioning of happiness to virtue, or unhappiness to vice. Treating persons as they deserve is then the exercise of… …

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  • 60desert — See desert, dessert …

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