Desert Deserted Leave Verb Bre Dɪˈzɜːt Dɪˈzɜːrt Husband

• she was deserted by her husband.
• don’t worry—i won’t desert you.
• the villages had been deserted.
• the owl seems to have deserted its nest.

desert

1. to leave somebody without help or support
• synonym abandon
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• She was deserted by her husband.
• Don’t worry—I won’t desert you.
2. to go away from a place and leave it empty
• synonym abandon
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/abandon_1
• The villages had been deserted.
• The owl seems to have deserted its nest.
3. to leave the armed forces without permission
• Large numbers of soldiers deserted as defeat became inevitable.
4. to stop using, buying or supporting something
• Why did you desert teaching for politics?
5. if a particular quality deserts you, it is not there when you need it
• Her courage seemed to desert her for a moment.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they desert
• he / she / it deserts
• past simple deserted
• past participle deserted
• -ing form deserting

Word Origin

• verb late Middle English: from Old French deserter, from late Latin desertare, from Latin desertus ‘left waste’ from deserere ‘leave, forsake’.