drought
11Drought — For other uses, see Drought (disambiguation). Fields outside Benambra, Victoria, Australia suffering from drought conditions. A drought (or drouth [archaic]) is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water… …
12drought — 01. The [drought] dried up all the farms, so there was very little food. 02. We ve had a [drought] for a couple of months now, and there is talk of water restrictions. 03. Gardens in this area are in bad shape due to the [drought]. 04. Our water… …
13drought — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ devastating, extreme, severe, terrible, worst ▪ It has been the worst drought in the country s history. ▪ long, prolonged …
14drought — /drowt/, n. 1. a period of dry weather, esp. a long one that is injurious to crops. 2. an extended shortage: a drought of good writing. 3. Archaic. thirst. Also, drouth /drowth/. [bef. 1000; ME; OE drugath, equiv. to drug (base of dryge DRY) +… …
15drought — [[t]draʊt[/t]] n. 1) mer a period of dry weather, esp. a long one that is injurious to crops 2) an extended shortage; scarcity; dearth 3) archaic thirst Sometimes, drouth (drouth). Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE drūgath < drūg (base of drȳge… …
16drought — /draʊt / (say drowt) noun 1. prolonged dry weather; lack of rain in a region, especially such as would affect the growth of crops or deplete reserves of water for industrial or domestic use. 2. scarcity. –phrase 3. break the drought, a. to end a… …
17Drought — Recorded in several forms including O Drought, Drought, Drat, Drowt, Drout, and even Druitt, this is quite a rare Irish surname, although in its different spellings, quite widely recorded across the country. It is a derivative of the ancient… …
18drought — [[t]dra͟ʊt[/t]] droughts N VAR A drought is a long period of time during which no rain falls. ...a country where drought and famines have killed up to two million people during the last eighteen years... He told a press conference that Spain was… …
19drought — UK [draʊt] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms drought : singular drought plural droughts a long period of time when there is little or no rain and crops die …
20Drought — From the middle of May to about the middle of August the land of Palestine is dry. It is then the drought of summer (Gen. 31:40; Ps. 32:4), and the land suffers (Deut. 28:23: Ps. 102:4), vegetation being preserved only by the dews (Hag. 1:11) …
