Drought

Definition: Drought

Drought

Noun

1. A temporary shortage of rainfall.

2. A prolonged shortage.

Date "drought" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definition
Bible	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.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Hydrologic	A period of abnormally dry weather sufficiently prolonged from the lack of precipitation to cause a serious hydrologic imbalance. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Dryness	Noun: dryness. Adjective: siccity, aridity, drought, ebb tide, low water.
Insufficiency	Scarcity, dearth; want, need, lack, poverty, exigency; inanition, starvation, famine, drought.
Representation	Copy; drawing, sketch, drought, draft; plot, chart, figure, scheme.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	If we tilt Australia the water from the lakes in Australia's East will wash down to the rest of Australia, ending the drought. (CNNNN: Chaser Non-Stop News Network; writing credit: Charles Firth; Andrew Hansen)
Lyrics	Sweat baby sweat baby sex is a Texas drought (The Bad Touch; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang) I know you had a long drought (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx)
Movie/TV Titles	Drought in Maharashtra (1973) The Breaking of the Drought (1920)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Drought (reference) Drought Management Policies and Economic Effects on Urban Areas of California: 1987-1992 (reference) Green Leaf in Drought (reference) That Terrible Texas Weather: Tales of Storms, Drought, Destruction, and Perseverance (reference) This Ol' Drought Ain't Broke Us Yet: Stories from the American West (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Palmer Drought Index Map For Three Prairie Province (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Drought Survival Guide (reference) Understanding Drought and Desertification (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Da Drought [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference) Desert Drought, Pt. 1 [CD-SINGLE] [ENHANCED] [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Sun-parched sediment is all that's left by drought in this lake. Credit: Tim McCabe.		Damage from drought has caused this corn crop to be stunted and sparse. Credit: Tim McCabe.
	Domestic sheep are brought emergency water on rangeleland during severe drought. Spring 2002 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.		Wind erosion is evident on this rangeland during severe drought in Arriba County, New Mexico. Spring 2002. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.
	Under drought conditions, kaolin-coated trees often photosynthesize faster thatn uncoated uncoated trees. In preparation to measure photosynthesis rate of a whole tree, support scientist Patty Gundrum and Glenn anchor a whole-canopy photosynthesis chamber. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Peggy Greb..		A corn-eastern gamagrass hybrid. Eastern gamagrass is a native grass with a gene pool that has a lot to offer corn, including resistance to cold and insects, as well as tolerance to drought and flood. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
	Thatched roof huts in the Sahelian Zone of West Africa during drought. Credit: Library of Congress.		Drawing water from wells in the Sahelian Zone of West Africa during drought. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Farmers of Springfield, Colorado, listen attentively to H.H. Bennett of drought committee. Credit: Library of Congress.		Corn suffering from drought. Arkansas. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Beyond the fence, the corn lay beaten down by wind and heat and drought, and the cups where leaf joined stalk were filled with dust
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The Four Corners area had been in a drought for several years. (references)
Business		The situation has worsened in 2000 with power rationing and drought throughout the country. (references)
		Drip or trickle irrigation is used in the South, especially in citrus orchards subject to late summer and autumn drought. (references)
		Most provinces in China still can't solve the problem of irrigation or the problems that arise from China’s frequent natural disasters of drought and flooding. (references)
Children	Afghanistan	One-quarter of children die before the age of 5. These figures most likely have increased due to another year of drought, intensified fighting, and massive displacement. (references)
Civil Liberties	Mongolia	Due to continued harsh winter weather and drought conditions, an increased number of persons sought shelter in the capital. (references)
	Rwanda	Most of the refugees that fled the Kibungo Province for Tanzania in 2000 because of drought and rumors of a government crackdown have returned. (references)
Economic History	Somalia	Drought has also impaired agricultural and livestock production. (references)
	Jordan	A drought continues to buffet the region for a third successive year. (references)
	Swaziland	Overgrazing, soil depletion, drought, and floods are persistent problems. (references)
Minorities	Ethiopia	Fighting between former drought victims from the Amhara region who had ressetled in the East Wellega zone of the Oromia region and the Oromos in the Gida Kiremu district resulted in the death of one Oromo police officer and several Amharas. (references)
	Kenya	Many factors contributed to interethnic conflicts, including the proliferation of guns, the commercialization of traditional cattle rustling, the weakening of state authority, the emergence of local militia leaders, the development of a modern warrior/bandit culture (distinct from the traditional culture), irresponsible local political leadership, shrinking economic prospects for affected groups, a regional drought, and the inability or unwillingness of security forces to stem the violence. (references)
Political Economy	Niger	Drought, deforestation, soil degradation, and exceedingly low literacy are problems. (references)
Worker Rights	Mauritania	Poverty, persistent drought, and a weak economy provided few economic alternatives for many and left some former slaves vulnerable to exploitation by former masters. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	While the American liberals are blaming Bush for the American drought, the European liberals are blaming all the rain over in Czechoslovakia and Germany on Bush because he didn't sign the Kyoto Treaty.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	Of immediate concern is the prospect of millions of Africans threatened by famine because of drought and civil disturbances.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Drought" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.84% of the time. "Drought" is used about 643 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.84%	642	10,154
Noun (proper)	0.16%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	643	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "drought" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Drought	Last name	100	85,716
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "drought".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Jibsam	N/A	Biblical	Their drought
Ziha	N/A	Biblical	Drought
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "drought": cycle drought ♦ mitigating the effects of drought ♦ periodic drought. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "drought": drought-afflicted, drought-defying, drought-hardened, drought-hit, drought-induced, drought-lovers, drought-loving, drought-prone, drought-proof, drought-ravaged, drought-resistant, drought-ridden, drought-stricken, drought-striken, drought-threatened, drought-tolerant.
	Ending with "drought": goal-drought, near-drought, non-drought, post-drought, winner-drought.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "drought"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		thatësirë (aridity, aridness), thatësi (bareness, dryness), të thatë (dried, land), mungesë e zgjatur, etje (anxiety, avidity, cupidity, desire, eagerness, hankering, hunger, thirst, voracity). (various references)

Arabic		‏ندرة (famine, paucity, penury, poverty, rareness, rarity, scarceness, tightness), ‏قحط (aridity, dryness, infertility), ‏جفاف (aridity, aridness, coldness, dehydration, desiccation, dry, drying up, dryness, exsiccation), ‏ظمأ (parch, thirst). (various references)

Bulgarian		суша (air, aridness, bake, dry, earth, exsiccate, fire, land, main, mainland, terra firma, weather), продължителна липса. (various references)

Chinese		煝 (be radiant, flaming), 旱災 , 旱 , 乾旱 (arid, dry), 天旱. (various references)

Czech		sucho (dry season). (various references)

Danish		De Forenede Nationers konvention om bekæmpelse af ørkendannelse i de lande,der er ramt af alvorlig tørke og/eller ørkendannelse,særlig i Afrika (particularly in Africa, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification), toerkeresistens (drought resistance, resistance to dryness), modstandsdygtighed mod udtoerring (drought resistance, resistance to dryness), jordtørhed (ground drought, ground dryness, soil dryness), endemisk tørke (endemic drought), afhjælpning af virkningerne af tørke (mitigating the effects of drought). (various references)

Dutch		droogteresistentie (drought resistance, resistance to dryness), droogheid van de bodem (ground drought, ground dryness, soil dryness), Woestijnverdrag (particularly in Africa, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification), weerstand tegen droogte (drought resistance, resistance to dryness), Verdrag van de Verenigde Naties ter bestrijding van woestijnvorming in de landen die te kampen hebben met ernstige droogte en/of woestijnvorming,in het bijzonder in Afrika (particularly in Africa, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification), Verdrag van de Vereingde Naties ter bestrijding van woestijnvorming in de landen die te kampen hebben met ernstige droogte en/of woestijnvorming,in het bijzonder in Afrika (particularly in Africa, United Nations Convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification), resistentie tegen droogte (drought resistance, resistance to dryness), inperken van de gevolgen van droogte (mitigating the effects of drought), endemische droogte (endemic drought). (various references)

Finnish		kuivuus (dryness). (various references)

French		disette, sécheresse (becoming dry, dryness), sècheresse, rareté. (various references)

German		dürre (aridity, drouth), trockenheit (aridity, aridness, crispness, dryness). (various references)

Greek		ξηρασία (aridity, aridness). (various references)

Hebrew		יובש (desiccation, dry season, dryness, xerosis), חורבה (dump, ruin, ruined house, waste), חרבון (heat), בצורת (dearth, scarcity), בצרון (fortress, stronghold), צחיחות (aridity, aridness, barrenness, dryness, infertility). (various references)

Hungarian		szárazság (aridity, aridness, dryness), aszály. (various references)

Indonesian		musin kurang hujan. (various references)

Italian		siccità (aridness, dryness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		無降水 (lack of rainfall), 水飢饉 (water shortage), 日照り (dry weather), 旱魃 , 旱天 (dry weather), 干魃 (long spellof dry weather), 干天 (dry weather). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ひでり (dry weather), かんばつ (long spellof dry weather, periodic thinning, selection), かんてん (agar-agar, cold points, dry weather, exhibition sponsored by the government, freezing weather, point of view, vegetable gelatin, viewpoint), むこうすい (lack of rainfall), みずききん (water shortage). (various references)

Korean		가뭄. (various references)

Manx		chirmid (aridity, dryness). (various references)

Norwegian		tørke (dry). (various references)

Pig Latin		oughtdray.(various references)

Portuguese		seca (dry), aridez (aridity, baldness, barrenness, dry, dryness, dullness). (various references)

Romanian		uscãciune (aridity, aridness, dryness), secetã (dryness). (various references)

Russian		засуха (dry). (various references)

Scottish		tart (thirst). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		suša. (various references)

Spanish		sequía. (various references)

Swazi		k-ómisa. (various references)

Swedish		torka (aridity, dehydrate, dry, dryness, rough-dry, season, sponge down, wipe). (various references)

Thai		ความแห้งแล้ง. (various references)

Turkish		darlık (closeness, denseness, exiguity, grayness, greyness, narrowness, pressure, shortness, straits, stringency, tightness), kuraklık (aridness, dry, dryness), kıtlık (dearth, exiguity, failure, famine, paucity, penury, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, slimness, sparseness, sparsity). (various references)

Ukrainian		спрага (thirst), посуха (dry), посушливість. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự khát. (various references)

Welsh		sychder (dryness). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	ariditate, siccitas, siccitate, siccitatem, siccitatis, sitis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 31, Verse 40
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Eginomhn thV hmeraV sugkaiomenoV tw kaumati kai pagetw thV nuktoV kai afistato o upnoV apo twn ofqalmwn mou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Die noctuque aestu urebar et gelu fugiebat somnus ab oculis meis
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Day and nyyt with hoot and coolde Y was streynyd, and sleep fleiy fro myn eyen;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Moreouer by daye the hete consumed me and the colde by nyghte and my slepe departed fro myne eyes.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Thus I was; in the day the drouth consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Genesis Chapter 31, Verse 40
Cebuano	Sa ingon niana, sa adlaw napagod ako sa kainit, ug sa kagabhion ang katugnaw; ug ang akong katulogon nangawala sa akong mga mata.
Croatian	Èesto sam danju skapavao od žeði, a obnoæ od studeni. San je bježao od mojih oèiju.
Danish	om Dagen fortærede Heden mig, om Natten Kulden, og mine Øjne kendte ikke til Søvn.
Dutch	Ik ben geweest, dat mij bij dag de hitte verteerde, en bij nacht de vorst, en dat mijn slaap van mijn ogen week.
Finnish	Päivällä vaivasi minua helle, yöllä vilu, ja uni pakeni silmistäni.
French	La chaleur me dévorait pendant le jour, et le froid pendant la nuit, et le sommeil fuyait de mes yeux.
German	Des Tages verschmachtete ich vor Hitze und des Nachts vor Frost, und kam kein Schlaf in meine Augen.
Hungarian	Úgy voltam hogy nappal a hõség emésztett, éjjel pedig a hideg; és az álom távol maradt szemeimtõl.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Seringkali saya kepanasan pada waktu siang dan kedinginan pada waktu malam. Dan kerap kali saya tidak dapat tidur pula.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Adalah halku pada siang hari dihanguskan oleh panas terik dan pada malam dirusakkan oleh sejuk, sehingga tidurpun hilanglah dari pada mataku.
Italian	Di giorno mi divorava il caldo e di notte il gelo e il sonno fuggiva dai miei occhi.
Maori	Ko taku hanga tena; i te awatea i pau ahau i te matewai, i te po i te huka; a turere ana te moe i oku kanohi.
Norwegian	Slik hadde jeg det: Om dagen fortærtes jeg av hete og av kulde om natten, og søvnen flydde fra mine øine.
Portuguese	Assim andava eu; de dia me consumia o calor, e de noite a geada; e o sono me fugia dos olhos.
Rumanian	Ziua mq topeam de cqldurq, iar noaptea mq prqpqdeam de frig, wi-mi fugea somnul de pe ochi.
Russian	С ФПНЙМУС ДОЕН ПФ ЦБТБ, Б ОПЮША ПФ УФХЦЙ, Й УПО НПК ХВЕЗБМ ПФ ЗМБЪ НПЙИ.
Spanish	De día me consumía el calor, y de noche la helada; hasta el sueño huía de mis ojos.
Swedish	Sådan var min lott: om dagen förtärdes jag av hetta och om natten av köld, och sömnen flydde mina ögon.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "drought": droughtier, droughtiest, droughtiness, droughtinesses, droughts, droughty. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Drought" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Deroute, dought, draughtt, driut, drooth, droughte, drout, drowt, frought, trought, trougth. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "drought" (pronounced drou"t)
3	-r ou" t	Grout, Kraut, sprout, trout.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-g-h-o-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: dought, drouth, trough.
	-2 letters: dough, gourd, grout, ought, rough, routh, tough.
	-3 letters: doth, dour, drug, duro, gout, grot, hour, hurt, rout, ruth, thou, thro, thru, thud, thug, tour, trod, trug, turd.
	-4 letters: dog, dor, dot, dug, duh, duo, god, gor, got, gut, hod, hog, hot, hug, hut, ort, oud, our, out, rho, rod, rot.
	Words containing the letters "d-g-h-o-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: droughts, droughty.
	+2 letters: doughtier.
	+3 letters: droughtier, outcharged.
	+4 letters: autographed, dreadnought, droughtiest, goddaughter, groundsheet, handwrought, underbought, undergrowth.
	+5 letters: dreadnoughts, droughtiness, goddaughters, groundsheets, thoroughbred, turbocharged, undergrowths.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
drought	362	cause drought	8
california drought plant resistant	166	drought in india	8
drought tolerant plant	43	drought tolerant tree	7
drought plant resistant	32	drought ethiopia	6
drought monitor	32	drought photo	6
drought picture	29	drought plant	6
drought nj	15	dm drought.unl.edu	6
colorado drought	15	arizona drought	6
drought index palmer	13	drought effects	6
drought map	12	drought information	5
australia drought in	12	drought flower resistant	5
australian drought	10	drought utah	5
australia drought	10	drought tolerant grass	5
drought monitor us	9	drought perennial tolerant	5
condition drought	9	drought pennsylvania	4
drought jersey new	9	texas drought	4
flood and drought	9	drought las vegas	4
drought india	8	drought perennial resistant	4
drought resistant tree	8	drought pa	4
drought index	8	drought syndrome worster	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Drought

Definition: Drought

Drought

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Dryness

Insufficiency

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