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desert

/ˈdɛz.ɚt/noun, verb2 syllables

Desert means: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.

Synonyms for desert13

verb, as in leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

abandon, forsake, desolate

verb, as in desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

defect

also used for desert

comeuppance, forsaken, peopleless, vacant, abandoned, derelict, deserted, discarded, dropped

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What does desert mean?5

verb

1

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

2

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”

3

leave behind“the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period”

noun

1

arid land with little or no vegetation

2

(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Desert in a sentence

  • After wandering aimlessly through the desert for months, we discovered a solitary oasis.marcelostockle
  • Now there is nothing but desert, where there used to be a fertile plain.al_ex_an_der
  • After he awoke, he realized that he was on a desert island.Amastan
  • A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.frpzzd
  • The sun shone, and the sand of the desert seemed warm.nimfeo
  • Where they make a desert, they call it peace.shanghainese
  • It is an arid region, almost a desert.AlanF_US
  • The road led them through a desert field, where there were many boulders.carlosalberto

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of desert

as a noun

plural
deserts

as a verb

past tense
deserted
present participle
deserting
third-person singular
deserts
past participle
deserted