Definition of Desertifying

1. Verb. (present participle of desertify) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Desertifying

1. desertify [v] - See also: desertify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Desertifying

desert sunflower
desert tortoise
desert varnish
desert willow
deserted
desertedness
deserter
deserters
desertful
desertic
desertic soil
desertification
desertified
desertifies
desertify
desertifying (current term)
deserting
desertion
desertions
desertland
desertlands
desertless
desertlessly
desertlike
desertness
deserts
deserty
deserve
deserved
deservedly

Literary usage of Desertifying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lost Crops of Africa: Grains edited by F. R. Ruskin (1999)
"In the case of Africa's desertifying areas, the product might be kreb. Kreb is perhaps the most famous food of the Sahara. A complex of a dozen or more ..."

2. Preparing for Climate Change: Proceedings, Second North American Conference (1993)
"Developing countries are more likely to be able to sustain strategies involving high growth rate species, essential to restore degraded and desertifying ..."

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