verb
Meaning 1
To become desert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
desertify
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verb
Meaning 2
To cause (a geographical region) to become desert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
From desert + -ify.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: verwoestijnen — become desert
- Finnish: aavikoitua — become desert
- French: désertifier — become desert
- Hungarian: elsivatagosodik — become desert
- Korean: 사막화(沙漠化)되다 (samakhwadoeda) — become desert
- Macedonian: опустинува (opustinuva) — become desert
- Spanish: desertificarse — become desert
- Vietnamese: hoang mạc hoá — become desert
- Finnish: aavikoittaa — cause to become desert
- Hungarian: elsivatagosít — cause to become desert
- Korean: 사막화(沙漠化)하다 (samakhwahada) — cause to become desert
- Macedonian: опустинува (opustinuva) — cause to become desert
- Spanish: desertificar — cause to become desert