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| drought [ drowt ] (plural droughts) |
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1. period of dry weather: a long period of extremely dry weather when there is not enough rain for the successful growing of crops or the replenishment of water supplies
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2. lack of something: a lengthy and serious lack of something
 She experienced a period of creative drought.
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| [ Old English drūgaþ "dryness" < Germanic, "dry"] |
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| drought·y adjective |
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