Meaning of DROUGHT
| Pronunciation: | | drawt
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a temporary shortage of rainfall
- [n] a prolonged shortage
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DROUGHT is a 7 letter word that starts with D. |
| | See Also: | | dryness, period, period of time, time period, waterlessness, xerotes | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Drought\, n. [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.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | 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). (See DEW.) |
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| | Related Terms: | | absence, appetite, aridity, aridness, beggary, canine appetite, corkiness, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, deprivation, destitution, dryness, emptiness, empty stomach, famine, hollow hunger, hunger, hungriness, imperfection, impoverishment, incompleteness, juicelessness, lack, need, omission, polydipsia, relish, saplessness, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, starvation, stomach, sweet tooth, tapeworm, taste, thirst, thirstiness, torment of Tantalus, want, wantage, waterlessness, watertight integrity, watertightness |
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