DESERT
1 verb. 1 leave without intending to return. 2 (esp. As deserted adj.) Forsake, abandon. 3 run away (esp. From military service). ? deserter none. (in sense 3). Desertion none. [latin desero -sert- leave]
1 verb. 1 leave without intending to return. 2 (esp. As deserted adj.) Forsake, abandon. 3 run away (esp. From military service). ? deserter none. (in sense 3). Desertion none. [latin desero -sert- leave]
2 —none. Dry barren, esp. Sandy, tract. —adjective. Uninhabited, desolate, barren. [latin desertus: related to *desert1]
2 —none. Dry barren, esp. Sandy, tract. —adjective. Uninhabited, desolate, barren. [latin desertus: related to *desert1]
3 none. 1 (in plural.) Deserved reward or punishment (got his deserts). 2 being worthy of reward or punishment. [french: related to *deserve]