[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drought \drought\ drout, n. oe. droght, drougth,
   druyogheth, as. drugaeth, 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.
      1913 webster

            the drought of march hath pierced to the root.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            in a drought the thirsty creatures cry. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. thirst; want of drink. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   3. scarcity; lack.
      1913 webster

            a drought of christian writers caused a dearth of
            all history.                          --fuller.
      1913 webster
see also:
dry drouth 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

drought
     n 1: a temporary shortage of rainfall
     2: a prolonged shortage

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

45 moby thesaurus words for "drought":
   absence, appetite, aridity, aridness, beggary, canine appetite,
   corkiness, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, deprivation,
   destitution, dryness, emptiness, empty stomach, famine,
   hollow hunger, hunger, hungriness, imperfection, impoverishment,
   incompleteness, juicelessness, lack, need, omission, polydipsia,
   relish, saplessness, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, starvation,
   stomach, sweet tooth, tapeworm, taste, thirst, thirstiness,
   torment of tantalus, want, wantage, waterlessness,
   watertight integrity, watertightness

[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

drought
   from the middle of may to about the middle of august the land of
   palestine is dry. it is then the "drought of summer" gen.
   31:40; ps. 32:4, and the land suffers deut. 28:23: ps. 102:4,
   vegetation being preserved only by the dews hag. 1:11. see dew.
   
see also:
dew 

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