English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of desert

desert

/noun/ रेगिस्तान; निर्जन; निर्जन स्थान; मस्र्स्थल; मस्र्भूमि; सहरा; योग्यता; गुण; ख़ूबी;
/adjective/सुनसान; निर्जन; वीरान; सूना; न बसा हुआ; ग़ैर-आबाद;
/verb/छोड़ना; छोड़ देना; त्याग करना; त्यागना; कर्तव्य छोड़कर भागना; हट जाना; कूच करना; अर्हता; परित्याग करना; अभित्यजन करना; गुणावगुण;

Synonym sands; boonies; thirst; forest; qualification; property; strongpoint; deserted; uninhabited; desolate; waste; unfulfilled;

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English Dictionary:

1. Desert

[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.

2. Desert

[n.]

- 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.
- A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place.

3. Desert

[v. i.]

- To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond.

4. Desert

[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.
- 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.