- Wall Street Journal Crossword
- June 4 2022
- Arid area
Arid area
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Arid area' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Arid area crossword clue was last seen on June 4 2022 in the popular Wall Street Journal Crossword.
Definition
| • | 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. |
| • | Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond. |
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