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English to English noun
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a shortage of rainfall |  | Example: farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season
source: wordnet30
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a prolonged shortage | | Example: when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought
source: wordnet30
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Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. | | source: webster1913
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