"desertify" meaning in English

See desertify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: desertifies [present, singular, third-person], desertifying [participle, present], desertified [participle, past], desertified [past]
Etymology: From desert + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|desert|ify}} desert + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} desertify (third-person singular simple present desertifies, present participle desertifying, simple past and past participle desertified)
  1. (intransitive, of a geographical region) To become desert. Tags: intransitive Translations (become desert): aavikoitua (Finnish), désertifier (French), elsivatagosodik (Hungarian), 사막화(沙漠化)되다 (samakhwadoeda) (Korean), опустинува (opustinuva) (Macedonian), desertificarse (Spanish), hoang mạc hoá (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-desertify-en-verb-r-H46Xzt Disambiguation of 'become desert': 78 22
  2. (transitive) To cause (a geographical region) to become desert. Tags: transitive Translations (cause to become desert): aavikoittaa (Finnish), elsivatagosít (Hungarian), 사막화(沙漠化)하다 (samakhwahada) (Korean), опустинува (opustinuva) (Macedonian), desertificar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-desertify-en-verb-V~LaVh2z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 16 84 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of 'cause to become desert': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: desertification

Inflected forms

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