désentortiller, v.a., to untwist; to clear; to unravel.
désentraver, v.a., to unfetter, to untangle.
désenverguer (-ghé), v.a., to unbend (sails).
désert, -e, adj., desert, solitary, wild, waste, unfrequented; abandoned, deserted.
désert, n.m., desert, solitary place, waste, wilderness. Prêcher au —; to speak to the wind.
déserter, v.a., to desert, to abandon, to forsake, to quit, to leave. — les drapeaux; to desert one’s colors.
déserter, v.n., to desert, to leave. — à l’ennemi; to go over to the enemy.
déserteur, n.m., deserter.
désertion, n.f., desertion.
désespérance, n.f., despair.