1. Noun
Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity.
2. Noun
Thirst; want of drink.
3. Noun
Scarcity; lack.
4. Noun
a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
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