drought

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/dɹaʊt/

noun 3name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

severe, terrible, worst

The severe drought last summer caused farmers to lose most of their crops.

long, prolonged | summer

VERB + DROUGHT

have

The region has experienced a severe drought that lasted for three years.

cause

break

Heavy rainfall finally broke the drought that had lasted for several months in the region.

DROUGHT + VERB

affect sth

The drought affected our village so badly that people had to travel far for water.

DROUGHT + NOUN

conditions

PREP

during/in ~

The farmers lost most of their crops in the terrible drought last summer.

PHRASES

in times of drought, months/years of drought

Definitions

noun

A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

His village had faced a drought twice.

The weather looked like drought―a thoroughly wicked drought; if the rain did not come before long, their crops would be burnt up.

A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.

Sri Lanka ended their ten-game drought with a consolation win over Bangladesh.

Kane had been going through something of a drought by his own standards. His previous England goal came 500 days ago, in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kosovo, and his header in Tirana ended a run of 496 minutes without scoring.

dryness, aridness, dry heat

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

The consequences are, that a few days of severe drought, in the early parts of summer, or even when the grain is ripening, is sometimes fatal to the crop on moss.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a shortage of rainfall

drouth

noun — a prolonged shortage

drouth

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

His village had faced a drought twice.

Wiktionary

The weather looked like drought―a thoroughly wicked drought; if the rain did not come before long, their crops would be burnt up.

Wiktionary

Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance o

Wiktionary

The long drought was followed by famine.

Tatoeba · #45022

Many peasants died during the drought.

Tatoeba · #48888

In the drought, many people and animals starved to death.

Tatoeba · #48889

Usage Notes

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