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drought
(encz) | drought,období sucha Zdeněk Brož |
drought
(encz) | drought,sucho n: Zdeněk Brož |
drought
(encz) | drought,vyprahlost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Drought
(gcide) | Drought \Drought\ (drout), n. [OE. droght, drougth,
dru[yogh][eth], AS. druga[eth], from drugian to dry. See
Dry, and cf. Drouth, which shows the original final
sound.]
1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such
dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents
the growth of plants; aridity.
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The drought of March hath pierced to the root.
--Chaucer.
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In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. --Dryden.
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2. Thirst; want of drink. --Johnson.
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3. Scarcity; lack.
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A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth of
all history. --Fuller.
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drought
(wn) | drought
n 1: a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the
drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in
the growing season" [syn: drought, drouth]
2: a prolonged shortage; "when England defeated Pakistan it
ended a ten-year drought" [syn: drought, drouth] |
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authoritative period of drought
(encz) | authoritative period of drought,směrodatné suché období
(závlahy) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
drought
(encz) | drought,období sucha Zdeněk Broždrought,sucho n: Zdeněk Broždrought,vyprahlost n: Zdeněk Brož |
drought severity
(encz) | drought severity,závažnost sucha n: [meteo.] Grino |
Droughtiness
(gcide) | Droughtiness \Drought"i*ness\, n.
A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.
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Droughty
(gcide) | Droughty \Drought"y\, a.
1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust.
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Droughty and parched countries. --Ray.
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2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink.
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Thy droughty throat. --Philips.
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drought
(wn) | drought
n 1: a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the
drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in
the growing season" [syn: drought, drouth]
2: a prolonged shortage; "when England defeated Pakistan it
ended a ten-year drought" [syn: drought, drouth] |
cycle drought
(foldoc) | cycle drought
A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch,
but it could also occur because part of the computer is
temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around.
"The high moby is down, so we're running with only half
the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought
until it's fixed."
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