dry season
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2.8
- noun
- /draɪ ˈsiːzən/
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estación seca
- Villagers had traditionally gathered water from streambeds by digging shallow wells during the dry season.
- dry season grazing
- dry season pasture
- potable water during the dry season
Is it the wet season or the dry season with things like beans?
- Is it the wet season or the dry season with things like beans?
- Then after the the dry season and all, after all that heat came the humidity and the humidity brought in a bunch of rain.
Examples
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The mortality increase was probably due to the extreme dry season of 1983, during which substantial wilting occurred.
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Depending on the climate, dry seasons can correspond to hot or cold temperatures.
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This forest is dry during the dry season and we're about to drive a boat who knows how far back into it.
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Soon, the rain ceased to fall and the dry season arrived.
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It's been a tough dry season, hasn't it?
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I've only been there in the dry season.
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Some years have long dry seasons, lasting six or seven months, during which many infected female mosquitoes die.
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During the dry season the branches curl inwards forming a dead looking ball.
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In 1990, a short, mild dry season lasted from mid-February until mid-May.
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During the dry season, the landscape transforms into a parched desert, with minimal vegetation.
Synonyms
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3.6
A period with little or no rain that can mean a time without success
Antonyms
How Dry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dry season comes from the plain image of a dry time of year, a season when the rain stops and rivers and fields become dry. That's why dry season means the 'period' with little or no rain.