To move rapidly away (from somewhere). transitive. To flee or escape from (a place, country, etc.); to desert from (a ship). Obsolete.

To get on or off (a ship, train, etc.) by jumping (U.S.). Also, to leave (a place or thing) suddenly; spec. of a seaman: to desert (his ship)…

To violate, do violence to; to fail to observe or keep; to transgress. (The opposite of to keep sacred… to break ship: to fail to rejoin a ship…