Words · Common
desert
/ˈdɛzɚt/ · 6 letters · 5 distinct letters
- verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
The mother deserted her children
- 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
- verb
leave behind
the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period
- n-1
arid land with little or no vegetation
- n-2
(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment