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2 VERB If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty. □ [V n] Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs. ●  de|sert|ed ADJ □  She led them into a deserted sidestreet.

3 VERB If someone deserts you, they go away and leave you, and no longer help or support you. □ [V n] Mrs Roding's husband deserted her years ago. ●  de|ser|tion /d I zɜː ^r ʃ ^ə n/ (desertions ) N‑VAR □  …her father's desertion.

4 VERB If you desert something that you support, use, or are involved with, you stop supporting it, using it, or being involved with it. □ [V ] The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers. □ [V n] He was pained to see many youngsters deserting kibbutz life. □ [V n + for ] Discerning shoppers are deserting supermarkets for artisan bakers. ●  de|ser|tion N‑VAR □ [+ of ] …a mass desertion of the Party by the electorate.

5 VERB If a quality or skill that you normally have deserts you, you suddenly find that you do not have it when you need it or want it. □ [V n] Even when he appeared to be depressed, a dry sense of humour never deserted him. □ [V n] She lost the next five games, and the set, as her confidence abruptly deserted her.

6 VERB If someone deserts , or deserts a job, especially a job in the armed forces, they leave that job without permission. □ [V ] He was a second-lieutenant in the army until he deserted. □ [V + from ] He deserted from army intelligence last month. ●  de|ser|tion N‑VAR □  The high rate of desertion has added to the army's woes.

7 PHRASE If you say that someone has got their just deserts , you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad. [FEELINGS ] □  At the end of the book, the bad guys get their just deserts.

de|sert|er /d I zɜː ^r tə ^r / (deserters ) N‑COUNT A deserter is someone who leaves their job in the armed forces without permission.

des|er|ti|fi|ca|tion /d I zɜː ^r t I f I ke I ʃ ^ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on. □  A third of Africa is under threat of desertification.

des|ert is|land /de zə ^r t a I lənd/ (desert islands ) N‑COUNT A desert island is a small tropical island, where nobody lives.

de|serve ◆◇◇ /d I zɜː ^r v/ (deserves , deserving , deserved )

1 VERB If you say that a person or thing deserves something, you mean that they should have it or receive it because of their actions or qualities. □ [V n] Government officials clearly deserve some of the blame as well. □ [V to-inf] These people deserve to make more than the minimum wage. □ [V n] I felt I deserved better than that. □ [V -ed] The Park Hotel has a well-deserved reputation.

2 PHRASE If you say that someone got what they deserved , you mean that they deserved the bad thing that happened to them, and you have no sympathy for them. [FEELINGS ] □  One of them said the two dead joy riders got what they deserved.

de|serv|ed|ly /d I zɜː ^r v I dli/ ADV [ADV with v, ADV adj/adv] You use deservedly to indicate that someone deserved what happened to them, especially when it was something good. □  He deservedly won the Player of the Year award.

de|serv|ing /d I zɜː ^r v I ŋ/

1 ADJ If you describe a person, organization, or cause as deserving , you mean that you think they should be helped. □  The money saved could be used for more deserving causes.