Associations to the word «Deserted»

Wiktionary

DESERTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of desert
DESERTED, adjective. Abandoned
DESERTED, adjective. Desolate

Dictionary definition

DESERTED, adjective. Forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats