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desert (di ZURT) (verb)
To leave, to forsake, or to abandon; AWOL (Absent Without Leave): A person can desert from the military service during war just once and that would be the final act.
If their nest is disturbed, birds will often desert it.
desert (DEZ urt) (noun)
A dry, barren region: A person can go walking out into the desert without water just once because he or she probably would not survive or do it again.
deserts (di ZURTS) (noun)
That which is deserved or a punishment that someone deserves: The people in the community all wanted to see the criminal receive his just deserts.
dessert (di ZURT) (noun)
Sweet food served at the end of a meal: Elvira and Lorene had ice cream and apple pie for their dessert.
While Marta was having her dessert in the restaurant, she was wishing that she could desert her broken down car right there in the desert.
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dessert
1. To remove what has been served, to clear (the table).
2. The "(course following) clearing the table," from the past participle of desservir, literally "to remove what has been served."
3. In the U.S., it refers to a sweet course eaten at the end or toward the end of a meal (pudding, pie, ice cream, etc.).
4. In the U.K., fresh or dried fruit and nuts served at the end of a meal.
2. The "(course following) clearing the table," from the past participle of desservir, literally "to remove what has been served."
3. In the U.S., it refers to a sweet course eaten at the end or toward the end of a meal (pudding, pie, ice cream, etc.).
4. In the U.K., fresh or dried fruit and nuts served at the end of a meal.