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Definition of Drought

1. Noun. A shortage of rainfall. "Farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

2. Noun. A prolonged shortage. "When England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought"

Definition of Drought

1. n. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity.

Definition of Drought

1. a dry period [n -S]

Medical Definition of Drought

1. 1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. "The drought of March hath pierced to the root." (Chaucer) "In a drought the thirsty creatures cry." (Dryden) 2. Thirst; want of drink. 3. Scarcity; lack. "A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth of all history." (Fuller) Origin: OE. Droght, drougth, dru, AS. Druga, from drugian to dry. See Dry, and cf. Drouth, which shows the original final sound. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drought

Drosophilidae drosophilla melanogaster Drosophyllum Drosophyllum lusitanicum dross drosses drossier drossiest drossy drossy

drostdies drostdy drostdys drosulphakinin drought (current term) drought (current term) droughtier droughtiest droughtiness droughtinesses

droughts droughty drouk drouked drouking droukings droukit drouks drouth drouthier

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