Desert синонимы на английском

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 6 votes

1. desert

   Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power; cede to territorial possessions; surrender especially to military force, and more generally to any demand, claim, passion, etc. Quit carries an idea of suddenness or abruptness not necessarily implied in abandon, and may not have the same suggestion of finality. The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs. A cowardly officer deserts his ship; the helpless passengers abandon it. We quit business, give up property, resign office, abandon a habit or a trust. Relinquish commonly implies reluctance; the fainting hand relinquishes its grasp; the creditor relinquishes his claim. Abandon implies previous association with responsibility for or control of; forsake implies previous association with inclination or attachment, real or assumed; a man may abandon or forsake house or friends; he abandons an enterprise; forsakes God. Abandon is applied to both good and evil action; a thief abandons his designs, a man his principles. Forsake, like abandon, may be used either in the favorable or unfavorable sense; desert is always unfavorable, involving a breach of duty, except when used of mere localities; as, «the Deserted Village.» While a monarch abdicates, a president or other elected or appointed officer resigns. It was held that James II. abdicated his throne by deserting it.

   Synonyms:
   abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, depart from, discontinue, forego, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw from

   Antonyms:
   adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 6 votes

1. desertverb

   arid land with little or no vegetation

2. abandon, forsake, desolate, desertverb

   leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

   «The mother deserted her children»

   Synonyms:
   waste, devastate, give up, lay waste to, abandon, vacate, scourge, empty, depopulate, defect, forsake, ravage, desolate

3. defect, desertverb

   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»

   Synonyms:
   forsake, desolate, defect, abandon

4. desertverb

   leave behind

   «the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period»

   Synonyms:
   defect, forsake, desolate, abandon

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. desertadjective

   Synonyms:
   uninhabited, desolate, forsaken, wild, waste, barren, untilled

2. desertnoun

   Synonyms:
   wilderness, waste, solitude, deserted region

3. desertverb

   Synonyms:
   forsake, leave, quit, abandon, renounce, leave in the lurch, turn one’s back upon

4. desertnoun

   Synonyms:
   deserving, due, merit or demerit

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. desertadjective

   Synonyms:
   waste, unproductive, barren, desolate, infertile, inarable

   Antonyms:
   fertile, arable

2. desertnoun

   Synonyms:
   merit, meed, due

3. desertnoun

   Synonyms:
   wilderness, wild

   Associated words:
   oasis, mirage, caravan, caravansary, eremic

4. desertverb

   Synonyms:
   forsake, abandon, leave, run away from

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1. Rickey Smith:

   The science is how do I fuse them together? How do I take multiple optical, infrared, and electromagnetic sensors and use them all at once in real-time, if you are out in the desert in an operational setting, infrared alone may be constrained heat so you need all types of sensors together and machines can help us sift through information.

2. Israel Antiquities Authority:

   Related : 25 new’ Dead Sea Scrolls’ revealed The document indicates the payment of taxes or transfer of goods to storehouses in Jerusalem, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, according to Israel Antiquities Authority. The discovery of the papyrus shows that there are other artifacts of tremendous importance to our heritage that are waiting to be found in the Judean Desert caves, the world’s heritage assets are being plundered on a daily basis by antiquities robbers solely for greed.

3. Jon Rahm:

   I’m happy to be back, it’s a place I’ve been coming to for a very long time, played in college. … So, I feel comfortable. I live in the desert.

4. Lauren Davis:

   We found a campsite, which extends over about 200 sq. m (2,153 square feet) that was used by the desert nomads since prehistoric times, at the site we found burnt stones, flint and stone tools as well as pottery sherds, but the truly special find is this collection of ostrich eggs. Although the nomads did not build permanent structures at this site, the finds allow us to feel their presence in the desert.

5. Margrit Gabriele Müller:

   In Europe and America, falconry is a sport. But here in the Emirates, falconry was traditionally a means to hunt meat, life was very difficult in the desert and falcons were essential to the survival of Bedouin families.

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