сушь

rare #12583

nounfeminineinanimateuncountablenoun in -ь

1.
dry weather, drought, dryness
Всё ле́то стояла стра́шная сушь.
There was a terrible drought all summer.
Often of a prolonged rainless spell.
2.
dull stuff, dry boring stuff
Его ле́кция — сплошна́я сушь.
His lecture is nothing but dull stuff.
Colloquial and figurative.
3.
(rare) dry branches, deadwood
Мы набра́ли су́ши для костра.
We gathered dry branches for the fire.
Collective.
4.
(rare) dry spot, dry ground
Среди́ боло́та мы нашли сушь и поста́вили пала́тку.
In the middle of the marsh we found a dry spot and put up the tent.
Of ground amid wet or marshy terrain.

Examples

Из-за суши в лесу начались пожары.
Because of the drought, fires broke out in the forest.
В этой книге одна сушь, читать невозможно.
This book is completely dry and uninteresting; it's impossible to read.
Летом стояла страшная сушь, трава пожелтела.
There was terrible dry weather in summer, and the grass turned yellow.