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1 drought
• kuivuus* * *((a period of) lack of rain: The reservoir dried up completely during the drought.) kuivuus -
2 die off
(to die quickly or in large numbers: Herds of cattle were dying off because of the drought.) kuolla toinen toisensa perään -
3 peasant
• maalainen• talonpoika• talonpoikainen* * *'peznt(a person who lives and works on the land, especially in a poor, primitive or underdeveloped area: Many peasants died during the drought; ( also adjective) a peasant farmer.) talonpoika -
4 scarce
• riittämätön• niukka• harvinainen• heikko• huono• vaatimaton• vajanainen• vajaa• vajavainen• vaillinainen• vähäinen• vähälukuinen• puutteellinen• kehno• mitätön• laiha• köyhä• pieni* * *skeəs(not many or enough in number: Paintings by this artist are very scarce; Food is scarce because of the drought.) vähäinen, vähissä- scarcely- scarcity
- make oneself scarce -
5 starve
• nääntyä nälkään• nähdä nälkää• näännyttää nälkään• nääntyä• nälkiinnyttää• nälkiintyä• anastaa• menehtyä• pitää nälässä* * *1) (to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger: In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.) nähdä nälkää, kuolla nälkään, pitää nälässä2) (to be very hungry: Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.) olla hyvin nälkäinen•
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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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drought|y — «DROW tee», adjective, drought|i|er, drought|i|est. 1. showing or suffering from drought: »a droughty, withered crop. 2. lacking moisture; dry … Useful english dictionary
drought — O.E. drugað, drugoð drought, dryness, desert, from P.Gmc. *drugothaz, from Germanic root *dreug dry (cf high/height) with ith, Germanic suffix for forming abstract nouns from adjectives (see TH (Cf. th)). Drouth was a M.E. variant continued in… … Etymology dictionary
drought — drought; drought·i·ness; … English syllables
drought — index paucity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
drought — [draut] n [U and C] [: Old English; Origin: drugath; related to dry] a long period of dry weather when there is not enough water for plants and animals to live … Dictionary of contemporary English
drought — [ draut ] noun count or uncount a long period of time when there is little or no rain and crops die … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
drought — [n] dryness; shortage of supply aridity, dearth, deficiency, dehydration, desiccation, dry spell, insufficiency, lack, need, parchedness, rainlessness, scarcity, want; concepts 607,646 Ant. monsoon, wetness … New thesaurus
drought — ► NOUN ▪ a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water. ORIGIN Old English, «dryness» … English terms dictionary
drought — [drout] n. [ME < OE drugoth, dryness < drugian, to dry up; akin to dryge, DRY] 1. a prolonged period of dry weather; lack of rain 2. a prolonged or serious shortage or deficiency 3. Archaic thirst droughty adj. droughtier, droughtiest … English World dictionary
Drought — For other uses, see Drought (disambiguation). Fields outside Benambra, Victoria, Australia suffering from drought conditions. A drought (or drouth [archaic]) is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water… … Wikipedia
