1. • noun - arid land with little or no vegetation
   • verb - leave someone who needs or counts on you
   • verb - desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
   • verb - leave behind
2. • A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation.
   • A region of permanent cold that is largely or entirely devoid of life.
   • An apparently lifeless area of water.
   • An empty or forsaken place; a wasteland: a cultural desert.
   • A wild, uncultivated, and uninhabited region.
   • Of, relating to, characteristic of, or inhabiting a desert: desert fauna.
   • Barren and uninhabited; desolate: a desert island.
   • Often deserts.
   • This word goes back to the Latin word dKservXre, “to devote oneself to the service of,” which in Vulgar Latin came to mean “to merit by service.
   • To leave empty or alone; abandon.
   • To withdraw from, especially in spite of a responsibility or duty; forsake: deserted her friend in a time of need.
   • To forsake one’s duty or post, especially to be absent without leave from the armed forces with no intention of returning.
3. • v - to leave or give up completely

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