English Explanatory Dictionary

desertify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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

Word forms

desertify desertifies desertifying desertified

Etymology

From desert + -ify.

Related words

desertification

Translations

Finnish: aavikoittaa Hungarian: elsivatagosít Korean: 사막화(沙漠化)하다 Macedonian: опустинува Spanish: desertificar

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