Словарь синонимов английского языка - desert

(n) 1. waste, wilderness, wasteland, dust bowl* The nearest oasis was fifty miles away across the desert. -(adj) 2. barren, desolate, uninhabited, unpeopled, lonely, deserted; arid, bare, vacant, empty, wild, uncultivated: I was marooned on a desert island. -(v) 3. forsake, leave, abandon; jilt, throw over; maroon, strand, leave to twist (slowly) in the wind; Colloq run or walk out on, leave flat or in dhe lurch, leave high and dry: His courage deserted him when he saw the child's eyes. He has deserted his wife for some floozie. 4. abscond, quit, run away (from), defect, abandon; Military slang go over the hill: He deserted and will be court-martialled. (n) Often, deserts. payment, recompense, requital, compensation, due, right; retribution, justice, Slang comeuppance, what's coming to one: She'll get her just deserts one of these days.