Learner's definition of SIMILE. grammar. : a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar. â compare metaphor. [count]. âShe's as fierce as a tigerâ is a simile, but âShe's a tiger when she's angryâ is a metaphor.
A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation. About one third of the land surface of the world is arid or semi-arid. desert is a region of land that is very dry because it receives low amounts of precipitation (usually in the form of rain but may be snow, mist or fog), often has little coverage by plants, and in which streams dry up unless they are supplied by water from outside the area.
A desert is a region that obtains incredibly less amount of precipitation or it can be also defined as an area where more water is lost by evaporation than water received by precipitation. Most deserts receive an average precipitation of less than 400 mm annually. The deserts in the world are divided into three types. Apart from these the Polar Regions are also measured as deserts because virtually all the moisture in these parts is accumulated in the form of ice.