desert (n.)

  1. arid land with little or no vegetation

    desert (v.)

  1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; The mother deserted her children

    [ Syn: abandon , forsake , desolate ]

  2. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; If soldiers deserted Hitlers army, they were shot

    [ Syn: defect ]

  3. leave behind; the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period'

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