1. (noun)abandon, forsake, desolate, desert leavesomeone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch "The mother deserted her children"
2. (noun)defect, desert 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"
3. (noun)desert leavebehind "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"
4. (verb)abandon, forsake, desolate, desert leavesomeone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch "The mother deserted her children"
5. (verb)defect, desert 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"
6. (verb)desert leavebehind "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"