Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To become desert.

  2. (transitive)To cause (a geographical region) to become desert.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From desert + -ify.

From desert + -ify.

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Forms

desertifies, desertifying, desertified, desertified
Base formdesertify · to desertify
3rd person singulardesertifies
Present participledesertifying
Past simpledesertified
Past participledesertified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydesertify
he, she, itdesertifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsdesertified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave desertified
he, she, ithas desertified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill desertify

Word family

1 related words
Relateddesertification

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
desertA2deserterdesertificationdesertionC1deserveB1designA1
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