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Meanings of
forsake
in English
Portuguese
abandonar
Catalan
desemparar
Spanish
desasistir
Back to the meaning
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.
desert
abandon
desolate
Portuguese
abandonar
Synonyms
Examples for "
desert
"
desert
abandon
desolate
Examples for "
desert
"
1
The two countries have substantial and vital
desert
training, military officials say.
2
We wish to harm them. Now the
desert
people understood the situation.
3
A year ago, you told me it had all gone to
desert
.
4
Leaving Thurstane in the
desert
,
we return to Clara in the
desert
.
5
Left foot: the story of reggae's love affair with Clarks
desert
boot.
1
MANY third level students will
abandon
lectures today to hold protest demonstrations.
2
King's Landing was lost, all agreed; they must need
abandon
the city.
3
A preliminary injunction often leads to companies deciding to
abandon
their deal.
4
Cut production;
abandon
the factories in the immediate path of the Grass.
5
They suffered a good deal and had to
abandon
their home, twice.
1
Until the men stand trial for their action we will remain
desolate
.
2
Pauline had put the empty room in order-interrible and
desolate
order.
3
The younger members of the family were
desolate
when they heard this.
4
The roads were unfenced, the meadows
desolate
;
the huts were frequently untenanted.
5
The fields are
desolate
and forbidding, far from the villages social framework.
Usage of
forsake
in English
1
His characteristic firmness and decision did not
forsake
him in this crisis.
2
She would not
forsake
Paolo even in the gloomy regions of despair.
3
I consent to anything; never will I
forsake
this dear little basket.
4
The blessing of God did not
forsake
Abraham in old age, either.
5
But to
forsake
the duke would have been the maddest of follies.
6
But she could not
forsake
her parents in their poverty and afflictions.
7
But he did not
forsake
his post; he did not have to.
8
The discriminating bees
forsake
most other flowers while the raspberry blossoms last.
9
Eugene, with my last breath I implore you;
forsake
your intemperate companions.
10
But the prairie chief did not
forsake
his old and well-tried friends.
11
To
forsake
Letitia is to leave her and the children to starve.
12
Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and
forsake
it.
13
Let us place our trust in God, who will never
forsake
us.
14
From this period everything like good fortune seemed to
forsake
the hunters.
15
All else may
forsake
;
but she, never, be he what he will.
16
Never
forsake
me, my friend; you will console me, whatever may happen.
Other examples for "forsake"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
forsake
Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Frequent collocations
forsake the law
forsake a comrade
forsake all things
forsake goodness
forsake imitations
More collocations
Translations for
forsake
Portuguese
abandonar
Catalan
desemparar
abandonar
Spanish
desasistir
dejar
abandonar
desamparar
Forsake
through the time
Forsake
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare