Desert - Definition

n 1: arid land with little or no vegetation
v 1: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the
lurch; "The mother deserted her children" [syn: abandon,
forsake, desolate, desert]
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" [syn: defect,
desert]
3: leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end
of exam period"