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DROUTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shortage of rainfall
Example:
farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season
Synonyms:
drought; drouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("drouth" is a kind of...):
dryness; waterlessness; xerotes (the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A prolonged shortage
Example:
when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought
Synonyms:
drought; drouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("drouth" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
