· arid land with little or no vegetation
Hypernym(s): tract, piece_of_land, piece_of_ground, parcel_of_land, parcel, biome
· (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
Hypernym(s): deservingness, merit, meritoriousness
· leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
Synonym(s): abandon, forsake, desolate
Hypernym(s): leave
· 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"
Synonym(s): defect
Hypernym(s): flee, fly, take_flight
· leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"
Hypernym(s): leave, go_forth, go_away