desert
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
arid land with little or no vegetation
Types & categories
- biome
- tract
- Great Arabian Desert
- Arabian Desert
- Atacama Desert
- Australian Desert
- Black Rock Desert
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Colorado Desert
- Dasht-e-Kavir
- Dasht-e-Lut
- Death Valley
- Gibson Desert
- Gila Desert
- Gobi
- Great Sandy Desert
- Great Victoria Desert
- Kalahari
- Kara Kum
- Kyzyl Kum
- Libyan Desert
- Mojave Desert
- Namib Desert
- Nefud
- Negev
- Nubian Desert
- Painted Desert
- Patagonian Desert
- Great Sandy Desert
- Sahara
- Simpson Desert
- Sinai Desert
- Sonoran Desert
- Syrian Desert
- Taklimakan Desert
- Thar Desert
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
The mother deserted her children
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 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
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
leave behind
the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period
Types & categories
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | oasis |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | biome |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tract |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Great Arabian Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Arabian Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Atacama Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Australian Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Black Rock Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Chihuahuan Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Colorado Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dasht-e-Kavir |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dasht-e-Lut |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Death Valley |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gibson Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gila Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gobi |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Great Sandy Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Great Victoria Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Kalahari |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Kara Kum |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Kyzyl Kum |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Libyan Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mojave Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Namib Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Nefud |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Negev |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Nubian Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Painted Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Patagonian Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Great Sandy Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sahara |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Simpson Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sinai Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sonoran Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Syrian Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Taklimakan Desert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Thar Desert |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | desertion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | forsaking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | forlornness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | defector |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ratter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | expose |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ditch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strand |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | desertion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abandonment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | defector |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ratter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | apostasy |
| 3 | entails | Related & opposite | protest |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | flee |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rat |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave |