'Deserting' definitions:
Definition of 'Deserting'
From: GCIDE
- Desert \De*sert"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deserting.] [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere to desert, F. d['e]serter. See 2d Desert.]
- 1. To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country. "The deserted fortress." --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Deserting'
- Desert,
- Deserted,
- Deserter,
- Desertful,
- Desertion,
- Desertness,
- deserts,
- just deserts,
- Desert Aire,
- Desert Hills,
- Desert Shores,
- Desert flora,
- Desert hare,
- Desert mouse,
- Palm Desert,
- Pride of the desert,
- arabian desert,
- atacama desert,
- australian desert,
- chihuahuan desert,
- colorado desert,
- desert boot,
- desert fox,
- desert holly,
- desert iguana,
- desert lynx,
- desert olive,
- desert paintbrush,
- desert pea,
- desert plant,
- desert plume,
- desert rat,
- desert rheumatism,
- desert rose,
- desert selaginella,
- desert soil,
- desert sunflower,
- desert tortoise,
- desert willow,
- desertic soil,
- eastern desert,
- gibson desert,
- gila desert,
- gobi desert,
- kalahari desert,
- kavir desert,
- libyan desert,
- lut desert,
- mohave desert,
- mojave desert,
- namib desert,
- negev desert,
- nubian desert,
- painted desert,
- patagonian desert,
- sahara desert,
- simpson desert,
- sinai desert,
- sonoran desert,
- syrian desert,
- taklamakan desert,
- taklimakan desert,
- thar desert,
- turkestan desert,
- Desert Aire, WA,
- Desert Hills, AZ,
- Desert Hot Springs,
- Desert Shores, CA,
- Desert View Highlands,
- Palm Desert, CA,
- black rock desert,
- desert mariposa tulip,
- desert sand verbena,
- great arabian desert,
- great australian desert,
- great indian desert,
- great salt desert,
- great sandy desert,
- great victoria desert,
- operation desert storm,
- sturt's desert pea,
- Desert Hot Springs, CA,
- Desert View Highlands, CA,
- desert four o'clock