deserted : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deserted	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for deserted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deserted adj forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse" Synonym(s): abandoned, derelict, deserted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Desert \Desert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deserted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deserting}.] [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere to desert, F. d[82]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. [bd]The deserted* fortress.[b8] --Prescott. 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.