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noun
- (ecology) Any organism that feeds off of decomposing organic material. Especially bacterium or fungi.
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noun
- That which is considered to be deserved or merit, merited; a just punishment or reward (usually in plural).
verb
- To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- You can't just drive off and me here, in the middle of nowhere.
- To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission
- Anyone found deserting will be shot.
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noun
- Process by which a geographic region becomes a desert. The change may result from natural changes in climate or by human activity.
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noun
- (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
- (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
adjective
- Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.
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noun - A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed
- 1901: The storekeeper had sent them an unbroken case of canned plum pudding, and probably by this time he was wondering what had become of that blanky case of duff. — w:Henry Lawson, Henry Lawson, short story The Ghosts of Many Christmases, published in Children of the Bush http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7065
- (baseball) (slang) an 1800s baseball term meaning an error
- (context, Scotland, US) decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor
- (slang) the bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs
- (slang) the buttocks; normally used in the phrases to sit on (one's) duff or get off (one's) duff
verb
- (golf) to hit the ground behind the ball. It is a back-formation from "duffer".category:Back-formationscategory:Requests for cleanup
- (Australia) to alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
adjective
- not working properly
- Why do I always get a shopping trolley with wheels?
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noun (plural: dystrophies)
- A wasting of body tissues, of genetic origin or due to inadequate or defective nutrition.
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