Antonym: wet. Similar words: ought to, through, roughly, a thought, go through, thorough, all through, get through. Meaning: [draʊt] 
n. 1. a shortage of rainfall 2. a prolonged shortage.
n. 1. a shortage of rainfall 2. a prolonged shortage. 
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91. Millions of people are threatened with starvation as a result of drought and poor harvests.
92. The summer drought has dealt a heavy blow to the government's economic record.
93. Many areas of Africa have suffered severe drought this year.
94. He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running.
95. In fact, the panic is overdone. As the map shows, the drought has been confined to the south and east of Britain.
96. Ethiopia and, to a lesser extent/degree, Kenya will be badly affected by the drought.
97. If the drought continues,(www.Sentencedict.com) deaths will occur on a massive scale.
98. The people most immediately affected by the drought are the farmers themselves.
99. Drought and war have raised the spectre of food shortages for up to 24 million African people.
100. The timely rain after a long time of drought will certainly bring on the crops.
101. The ground is as hard as stone after the drought.
102. An underground water supply is good insurance against drought.
103. Farmers' anxiety over the drought has mounted.
104. The four-year drought has caused widespread famine across Afghanistan.
105. The four-year drought threatens two million people with starvation.
106. Deforestation has been shown to cause floods and drought.
107. It was overtaken by a long cyclical drought.
108. The reason may be the long continued drought.
109. We had a drought, grasshoppers, crickets.
110. But most everything evens out during the summer drought.
111. Heavy rains in March alleviated the drought conditions.
112. Drought had desolated the farming town.
113. The reservoir ran dry during the drought.
114. Plants under stress from drought, disease or nutrient deficiency are the most likely to attract insect pests.
115. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is hoping he could be the answer to his side's goal drought.
116. They have the characteristic of never running dry in the longest drought or freezing in the coldest frost.
117. The districts affected by the drought will face a predicted shortfall of 7.5 million gallons a day.
118. The film deals with the nomadic desert people of the Sahel, whose plight has worsened in the recent years of drought.
119. The official reason for the decision was the persistence of a severe drought, the worst on record.
120. That was when drought dried up the lawns, playing havoc with lawnmower sales and profits.
More similar words: ought to, through, roughly, a thought, go through, thorough, all through, get through, throughout, cut through, put through, thoroughly, fall through, run through, come through, pass through, pull through, look through, break through, carry through, at the thought of, follow through, round and round, dough, though, enough, although, as though, daughter, even though.