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. Source: opted

2. n. Thirst; want of drink. Source: opted

3. n. Scarcity; lack. Source: opted

4. n. a shortage of rainfall Source: wordnet

5. n. a prolonged shortage Source: wordnet

6. 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. Johnson. 3. Scarcity; lack. A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth of all history. Fuller. Source: webster

7. n:100 n. a shortage of rainfall n. a prolonged shortage Source: ecdict

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