Main entry: desert
Definition: arid land with little or no vegetation
Main entry: abandon, forsake, desert, desolate
Definition: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Usage: The mother deserted her children
Main entry: desert
Definition: leave behind
Usage: the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period
Definition: desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
Usage: If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot