drought

noun

SayDROWT/dɹaʊt/

3 meanings of drought

1
nouncountable or uncountable
A long time when very little rain falls and the land becomes dry.
Like a plant that gets no water for weeks and slowly dries up.
The long drought left the fields cracked and brown.
Farmers worried that the drought would ruin their crops.
Oppositeflood
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2
nouncolloquialcountable
A long stretch of time when a team or person keeps failing to win or succeed.
The team's scoring drought finally ended with a goal in the last minute.
After a three-year drought with no hit songs, the singer is back at the top of the charts.
Similardearth, slump
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3
nounarchaicuncountable
Dryness or dry heat, with little or no moisture in the air or ground.
Like the dry, baking heat that hits you when you open an oven door.
The desert drought made every breath feel hot and dry.
The seasons most unfavourable to the crop are those of excessive drought or excessive rain.
1817, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsHere, drought means dryness, weather with too little rain.
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Origin

It comes from an Old English word and is related to the word "dry."