rain

Definition of rain

Nouns

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

Synonyms:: rainfall

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; monsoon
any wind that changes direction with the seasons; rainstorm
a storm with rain; equinoctial storm, line storm
a violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox; thundershower
a short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning; cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout
a heavy rain; drizzle, mizzle
very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower; rain shower, shower
a brief period of precipitation; scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

Type of:: downfall, precipitation
the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

Synonyms:: rainwater

Type of:: fresh water, freshwater
water that is not salty

anything happening rapidly or in quick successive

"a rain of bullets"

Synonyms:: pelting

Type of:: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness
a following of one thing after another in time

Verbs

precipitate as rain

"If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"

Synonyms:: rain down

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; drizzle, mizzle
rain lightly; shower, shower down
rain abundantly; patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinkle
rain gently; pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream
rain heavily; sheet
come down as if in sheets; sluice, sluice down
pour as if from a sluice

Type of:: come down, fall, precipitate
fall from clouds

Vocabulary Lists for rain

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antique
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back

Hale
German ivy
matt
sleigh
flats

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