waterless
Speech parts
1. waterless - Adjective
2. waterless - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Destitute of water; dry.
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No water murmurs but what my flute pours On the chord sprinkled thicket; and the sole wind Prompt to exhale from my two pipes, before It scatters the sound in a waterless shower, Is, on the horizon's unwrinkled space, The visible serene artificial breath Of inspiration, which regains the sky.
an arid climate
a waterless well
miles of waterless country to cross
Description Derived from the Tswana word Kgala, meaning "the great thirst", or Kgalagadi, meaning "a waterless place", the Kalahari has vast areas covered by red sand without any permanent surface water.
By this point waterless, it no longer communicates with the river.