drought

drought  (drout) also drouth (drouth)

n.

1. A long period of abnormally low rainfall, especially one that adversely affects growing or living conditions.

2. A prolonged dearth or shortage.

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[Middle English, from Old English drgoth; akin to drge, dry.]

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droughty adj.

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drought [draʊt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) a prolonged period of scanty rainfall

2. a prolonged shortage

3. an archaic or dialect word for thirst Archaic and Scot form drouth [druːθ]

[Old English drūgoth; related to Dutch droogte; see dry]

droughty  adj

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drought  (drout)

A long period of abnormally low rainfall, lasting up to several years.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drought - a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season" drouth dryness, waterlessness, xerotes - the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
	2.	drought - a prolonged shortage; "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought" drouth period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

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drought

noun

1. water shortage, dryness, dry weather, dry spell, aridity, lack of rain, drouth (Scot.), parchedness Drought and famines have killed up to two million people.
water shortage flood, deluge, downpour, inundation

2. shortage, lack, deficit, deficiency, want, need, shortfall, scarcity, dearth, insufficiency The Western world was suffering through the oil drought.
shortage abundance, profusion

Translations

drought [draʊt] N → sequía f

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drought [ˈdraʊt] n → sécheresse f

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drought

n → Dürre f; three droughts in as many years → drei Dürrekatastrophen in ebenso vielen Jahren

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drought [draʊt] n → siccità

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drought

n drought [draut]

(a period of) lack of rain The reservoir dried up completely during the drought. droogte جَفاف، قَحْط، مَحْل суша sucho tørke die Dürre ξηρασία sequía põud خشکسالی kuivuus sécheresse בצורת सूखा, अकाल suša szárazság musim kering langvarandi þurrviðri siccità 干ばつ 가뭄 sausra sausums kemarau droogte tørke(periode) susza seca secetă засуха sucho suša suša torka ความแห้งแล้ง kuraklık 乾旱 засуха سوکھا hạn hán 干旱

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drought → جفاف sucho tørke Dürre ξηρασία sequía kuivuus sécheresse suša siccità 日照り 가뭄 droogte tørke susza seca засуха torka ความแห้งแล้ง kuraklık hạn hán 旱灾