dearth
Kelime Anlamı :
1. kıtlık.
2. eksiklik.
3. yokluk.
4. açlık.
Tanımlar :
1.
A scarce supply; a lack: "the dearth of uncensored, firsthand information about the war” ( Richard Zoglin).
2. shortage of food; famine.
2. shortage of food; famine.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
this sense?) A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
2. scarcity; a lack or short supply.
3. dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.
2. scarcity; a lack or short supply.
3. dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
to cause a dearth or scarcity in; hence, to raise the price of.
2. dearness; costliness; high price.
3. A condition of dearness or costliness from scarcity; hence, failure of production or supply; famine from failure or loss of crops.
4. absence; lack; barrenness; poverty: as, a dearth of love; a dearth of honest men.
5.
2. dearness; costliness; high price.
3. A condition of dearness or costliness from scarcity; hence, failure of production or supply; famine from failure or loss of crops.
4. absence; lack; barrenness; poverty: as, a dearth of love; a dearth of honest men.
5.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1.
an acute insufficiency
2. an insufficient quantity or number
2. an insufficient quantity or number
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.