desert, v.
(deserted, deserting, deserts)
freq. cnt. 9
(deserted, deserting, deserts)
freq. cnt. 9
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3
abandon desert desolate forsake
sample sentences
"The mother deserted her children"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
defect desert
sample sentences
"If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
leave behind
<verb.motion>
desert
sample sentences
"the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym