Desert
noun
A barren or very dry area where there is little rain, and few plants and animals live.
They had to cross the desert without any water.
Often appears as...
- desert area
- desert landscape
verb
To leave someone without help or support.
He deserted his wife and children.
Often appears as...
- desert family
- desert post
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Disapproving
noun
An act of leaving military service or duty without the intention of returning.
He was charged with desertion.
Often appears as...
- charged with desertion
- guilty of desertion
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To leave the military without intending to return.
He deserted his post in the army.
Often appears as...
- desert post
- desert duty
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Disapproving
noun
Worthiness of reward or punishment.
She got her just deserts when she was fired for lying.
Often appears as...
- just deserts
- get your deserts
Usage tips
Approving
Idiomatic
noun
A barren or very dry area where there is little rain, and few plants and animals live.
They had to cross the desert without any water.
Often appears as...
- desert area
- desert landscape
verb
To leave someone without help or support.
He deserted his wife and children.
Often appears as...
- desert family
- desert post
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
An act of leaving military service or duty without the intention of returning.
He was charged with desertion.
Often appears as...
- charged with desertion
- guilty of desertion
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To leave the military without intending to return.
He deserted his post in the army.
Often appears as...
- desert post
- desert duty
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
Worthiness of reward or punishment.
She got her just deserts when she was fired for lying.
Often appears as...
- just deserts
- get your deserts
Usage tips
Approving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Not always hot
Deserts can be cold too, like Antarctica; temperature isn't a defining feature.
Despite the snow, Antarctica is a desert.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Deserts often symbolize emptiness or vastness in literature and films.
The movie's desert scenes highlighted the character's loneliness.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misconception
Deserts have more than just sand; some have rocks, mountains, and even ice.
The rocky landscape shows that not every desert is sandy.
Pro Tip 1/3Not always hot
Deserts can be cold too, like Antarctica; temperature isn't a defining feature.
Despite the snow, Antarctica is a desert.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Deserts often symbolize emptiness or vastness in literature and films.
The movie's desert scenes highlighted the character's loneliness.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misconception
Deserts have more than just sand; some have rocks, mountains, and even ice.
The rocky landscape shows that not every desert is sandy.
Pro Tip 1/3Not always hot
Deserts can be cold too, like Antarctica; temperature isn't a defining feature.
Despite the snow, Antarctica is a desert.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Deserts often symbolize emptiness or vastness in literature and films.
The movie's desert scenes highlighted the character's loneliness.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misconception
Deserts have more than just sand; some have rocks, mountains, and even ice.
The rocky landscape shows that not every desert is sandy.
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The paradox of value -...
how helpful they are in your current situation. And because we only get to choose one of the options, we also have to consider its opportunity cost, or what we lose by giving up the other choice. After all, it doesn't matter how much you could get from selling the diamond if you never make it out of the desert.
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We Are What We Eat:...
in this desert like environment. Of course milk is a big part of their diet Any dairies and a lot of side product as well from milk. They have a great intimacy with the animal world that really touched me. They even talk to each other in the way they would talk to their horses. It was quite surprising at first
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What does an alien look...
we find the coldest deserts on the earth lifestyle survive here surprisingly tardigrades the earth hardest organisms thrive fair and what and they live inside rocks the next time someone asks you to imagine an alien I hope your aliens look a little bit more like my aliens and that you remember they're
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Jonathan Foley: The...
one of the great inland seas of the world. But there's kind of a paradox here, because it looks like it's surrounded by desert. Why is this sea here? The reason it's here is because, on the right-hand side, you see two little rivers kind of coming down through the sand, feeding this basin with water.
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Swarm Of Locusts DEVOUR...
This is one of planet Earth's greatest spectacles. It's rarely seen on this scale and it won't last long. Once the food has gone, the steady roar of a billion beating locust wings will once again be replaced by nothing more than the sound of the desert wind.
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Sir David Attenborough...
giving your offspring a good start in life can take a lot of effort so some insects have evolved highly complex strategies to induce other species to become nurse maids on their behalf this californian desert hardly seems to
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Why is biodiversity so...
Our planet's diverse thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks,
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The Intense 8 Hour Hunt...
The hunter pays tribute to his quarry's courage and strength with ceremonial gestures that ensure that its spirit returns to the desert sands from which it came.
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Tiny Frog Faces Night...
the desert rain frog to avoid frying to a crisp by day this amphibian hides deep in the sand but when the conditions are just right
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
but the economics of desert survival is a numbers game and for the moment at least this communal life is the key to her future
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The paradox of value -...
how helpful they are in your current situation. And because we only get to choose one of the options, we also have to consider its opportunity cost, or what we lose by giving up the other choice. After all, it doesn't matter how much you could get from selling the diamond if you never make it out of the desert.
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
in this desert like environment. Of course milk is a big part of their diet Any dairies and a lot of side product as well from milk. They have a great intimacy with the animal world that really touched me. They even talk to each other in the way they would talk to their horses. It was quite surprising at first
Video examples
What does an alien look...
we find the coldest deserts on the earth lifestyle survive here surprisingly tardigrades the earth hardest organisms thrive fair and what and they live inside rocks the next time someone asks you to imagine an alien I hope your aliens look a little bit more like my aliens and that you remember they're
Video examples
Jonathan Foley: The...
one of the great inland seas of the world. But there's kind of a paradox here, because it looks like it's surrounded by desert. Why is this sea here? The reason it's here is because, on the right-hand side, you see two little rivers kind of coming down through the sand, feeding this basin with water.
Video examples
Swarm Of Locusts DEVOUR...
This is one of planet Earth's greatest spectacles. It's rarely seen on this scale and it won't last long. Once the food has gone, the steady roar of a billion beating locust wings will once again be replaced by nothing more than the sound of the desert wind.
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
giving your offspring a good start in life can take a lot of effort so some insects have evolved highly complex strategies to induce other species to become nurse maids on their behalf this californian desert hardly seems to
Video examples
Why is biodiversity so...
Our planet's diverse thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks,
Video examples
The Intense 8 Hour Hunt...
The hunter pays tribute to his quarry's courage and strength with ceremonial gestures that ensure that its spirit returns to the desert sands from which it came.
Video examples
Tiny Frog Faces Night...
the desert rain frog to avoid frying to a crisp by day this amphibian hides deep in the sand but when the conditions are just right
Video examples
Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
but the economics of desert survival is a numbers game and for the moment at least this communal life is the key to her future
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Waris Dirie
Somali Model
If you can survive in the desert, you survive anywhere. I know more than anything life in desert. You can tell by looking at the dirt how long ago it rained, how hard it rained, how much water came through. You can by looking at a plant, a tree, from an animal's look. I can read the desert like I read my hand.
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Atticus Shaffer
American Actor
I'm most passionate about anything to do with nature and the simple things. I love taking walks with my family or my friends and seeing nature. And that's why I love living where I live because I live up in the desert area in the mountains.
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Benicio Del Toro
American Actor
You have to kill to survive. People have been doing it forever. I eat meat, and I eat fish. If I were on a deserted island I would need that to survive.
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Joy Harjo
American Poet
I've always loved the desert. I've spent most of my life in the Southwest. It's certainly influenced my work. I used to dream about it when I was young.
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Reinhold Messner
Italian Explorer
The Dolomites are the most beautiful rock mountains in the world, but in a few million years they will just be desert.
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Patrick McGoohan
American Actor
You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.
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Mena Massoud
Egyptian Actor
There is such a peace out in the middle of the desert. There's nothing like it.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French Writer
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
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George Carlin
American Comedian
One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like.
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Pat Conroy
American Writer
Without music, life is a journey through a desert.
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Waris Dirie
Somali Model
If you can survive in the desert, you survive anywhere. I know more than anything life in desert. You can tell by looking at the dirt how long ago it rained, how hard it rained, how much water came through. You can by looking at a plant, a tree, from an animal's look. I can read the desert like I read my hand.
Quote examples
Atticus Shaffer
American Actor
I'm most passionate about anything to do with nature and the simple things. I love taking walks with my family or my friends and seeing nature. And that's why I love living where I live because I live up in the desert area in the mountains.
Quote examples
Benicio Del Toro
American Actor
You have to kill to survive. People have been doing it forever. I eat meat, and I eat fish. If I were on a deserted island I would need that to survive.
Quote examples
Joy Harjo
American Poet
I've always loved the desert. I've spent most of my life in the Southwest. It's certainly influenced my work. I used to dream about it when I was young.
Quote examples
Reinhold Messner
Italian Explorer
The Dolomites are the most beautiful rock mountains in the world, but in a few million years they will just be desert.
Quote examples
Patrick McGoohan
American Actor
You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.
Quote examples
Mena Massoud
Egyptian Actor
There is such a peace out in the middle of the desert. There's nothing like it.
Quote examples
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French Writer
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
Quote examples
George Carlin
American Comedian
One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like.
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Pat Conroy
American Writer
Without music, life is a journey through a desert.
Example 1 of 10
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