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desertify en · VERB

Etymology

From desert + -ify.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, of a geographical region) To become desert.
  2. (transitive) To cause (a geographical region) to become desert.
    • Part of the genius of Andalusi filahah was its water management, still light years ahead of industrialised modern agriculture, which decimates forests for high-output farms that dry up streams and springs and desertifies fertile terrain. 2020, Medina Tenour Whiteman, The Invisible Muslim: Journeys Through Whiteness and Islam:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
desertifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
desertifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
desertified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
desertified Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

desertification

Translations (13)

fi aavikoitua (become desert) · vi hoang mạc hoá (become desert) · fr désertifier (become desert) · ko 사막화(沙漠化)되다 (become desert) · hu elsivatagosodik (become desert) · mk опустинува (become desert) · fi aavikoittaa (cause to become desert) · es desertificar (cause to become desert) · hu elsivatagosít (cause to become desert) · es desertificarse (become desert) · ko 사막화(沙漠化)하다 (cause to become desert) · nl verwoestijnen (become desert) · mk опустинува (cause to become desert)