Desert
verbdɪ'zɜrt
Noun
arid land with little or no vegetation
Type of:BiomeTractParcel(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
Type of:MeritMeritoriousnessDeservingness
Verb
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
“If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot”
Similar:DefectType of:FlyFleeleave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
“The mother deserted her children”
leave behind
“the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period”
Type of:Leave
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