deserts Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
   comeupance; comeuppance.
   
2. noun arid land with little or no vegetation
   desert.
   
3. verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
   abandon; desolate; desert; forsake.
   
   • The mother deserted her children
4. verb desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
   defect; desert.
   
   • If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot
5. verb leave behind
   desert.
   
   • the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period

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