drought

Definitions

1. A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
   broadly, countable, informal, uncountable
4. dryness, aridness, dry heat
   archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

58 more languages

አማርኛድርቅ

العربيةالجفافجفافقحطمحل+ 1 more

Azərbaycan diliquraqlıq

Беларускаясу́ша

Българскису́ша

བོད་སྐད།ཐན་པ

Bosanskisušaсуша

Catalàsecasecadasequera

Češtinasucho

Ελληνικάαβροχιάαναβροχιάανομβρίαανυδρίαξηρασία+ 2 more

Esperantosekegecotrosekeco

فارسیخشکسالی

Suomikuivuuskuivuuskausi

Gaeilgetriomach

Gàidhligìota

Galegoseca

ગુજરાતીદુકાળ

עבריתבצורת

हिन्दीअकालख़ुश्कीसूखा

Hrvatskisušaсуша

Magyaraszály

Հայերեներաշտ

Bahasa Indonesiakekeringan

Italianoasciugaggineseccosiccità

日本語乹乾干魃日照り旱旱魃+ 3 more

ქართულიგვალვა

Қазақ тіліқуаңшылыққұрғақшылық

ភាសាខ្មែររាំងរំហួតរាំងរឹះ

한국어가뭄

Kurdîbîşîrakî

Latinaariditasaritudosiccitas

LëtzebuergeschDréchent

Latviešusausums

Te Reo Māorirakitauraki

Македонскисуша

മലയാളംവരൾച്ച

Монголган

Bahasa Melayukemarau

Maltinixfa

Nederlandsdroogte

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਸੋਕਾ

Polskibezdeszczeposuchasierogasusza+ 1 more

Portuguêsestiagemseca

Românăsecetăuscăciune

Русскийзасухазасу́шливостьсушь

Slovenščinasuša

Српскиsušaсуша

Svenskatorka

Kiswahilikiangaziukame

தமிழ்வறட்சி

తెలుగుఅనావృష్టి

ไทยน้ำแล้งภัยแล้งแลง

ትግርኛድርቂ

Tagalogbaisibisitagtuyot

Türkçekuraklık

Українськаза́сухапосуха

اردوسوکھا

Tiếng Việthạn hán旱

Examples

“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.”

“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 of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land⟳ and water. Welcome⟳ to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have⟳ become⟳ a major geological and climatic force⟳.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The seasons most unfavourable to the crop are those of excessive drought or excessive rain⟳.”

CEFR level