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DROUGHT
drought, drouth
(noun) a shortage of rainfall; “farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season”
drought, drouth
(noun) a prolonged shortage; “when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
drought (countable and uncountable, plural droughts)
A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
(by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
Synonyms
• losing streak
Antonyms
• winning streak
Source: Wiktionary
Drought, n. Etym: [OE. droght, drougth, dru, AS. druga, from drugian to dry. See Dry, and cf. Drouth, which shows the original final sound.]
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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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