rain in English dictionary

  • rain

    Meanings and definitions of "rain"

    • Condensed water falling from a cloud.
    • (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
    • (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
    • (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
    • (intransitive) To fall in large quantities.
    • (transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.
    • noun
      Condensed water falling from a cloud.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
    • verb
      (impersonal)
      To have rain fall from the sky.
    • verb
      To fall as or like rain.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To fall like rain.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To issue (something) in large quantities.
    • any matter falling
    • an instance of particles falling
    • of rain: to fall from the sky
    • to fall in large quantities
    • to issue in large quantities
    • To fall from the clouds in drops of water.
    • Precipitation in the form of liquid water drops with diameters greater than 0.5 millimeters.
    • condensed water from a cloud
    • noun
      anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
    • noun
      drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
    • noun
      water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
    • verb
      precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"

    Synonyms of "rain" in English dictionary

    rainfall, successiveness, succession are the top synonyms of "rain" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of rain

    • Conjugation of rain
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      †Archaic or obsolete.
    • rain ( usually uncountable;  plural  rains)
    • rain ( third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained)
    • nieodm.  nieodmienny rain, rained, rained; he rains; be raining
    • rain (usually uncountable, plural rains)
    • rain (third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained)
  • Rain

    Meanings and definitions of "rain"

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