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rain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pelting |
| Type of | chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness |
a rain of bullets.
rain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rainwater |
| Type of | freshwater, fresh water |
| Derivation | rainy |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rain down |
| Type of | precipitate, fall, come down |
| Has types | rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, shower, shower down, mizzle, spit, sprinkle, stream, spatter, patter, pelt, pitter-patter, pour, drizzle |
If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding.
rain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rainfall |
| Type of | precipitation, downfall |
| Has types | waterspout, drizzle, mizzle, monsoon, pelter, rain shower, rainstorm, shower, soaker, torrent, downpour, cloudburst, deluge |
| Derivation | rainy |
Examples of rain
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He kicked in wind and snow, rain and sun, on field turf and woeful Chicago turf.
From the bostonherald.com
Rain is expected to continue for the rest of the week, according to forecasters.
From the sacbee.com
I was just in Lost Wages, and the rain and traffic on the trip was unbelievable.
From the ocregister.com
A weak winter storm will bring rain and snow to much of the East Coast Saturday.
From the usatoday.com
Precipitation fell as rain instead of snow, freezing on contact with the ground.
From the kansas.com
Steps coated in freezing rain in Milford on Wednesday morning, February 2, 2011.
From the timesunion.com
You've got to be able to do your job in cold weather or hot weather or the rain.
From the kansas.com
The private Pakistani airliner, working a domestic route, crashed in heavy rain.
From the kentucky.com
Officials postponed play Thursday and Friday after steady rain all day each day.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
- Precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
- Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
- Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
- (raining) falling in drops or as if falling like rain; "watched the raining apple blossoms"
- (rainy) showery: (of weather) wet by periods of rain; "showery weather"; "rainy days"
- Rain is liquid precipitation, as opposed to non-liquid kinds of precipitation such as snow, hail and sleet. Rain requires the presence of a thick layer of the atmosphere to have temperatures above the melting point of water near and above the Earth's surface. ...
- Rain (Regen) is a 1929 Dutch film directed by Mannus Franken and Joris Ivens.
- Rain is a 1932 South Seas motion picture directed by Lewis Milestone with portions filmed at Santa Catalina Island, California. The film stars Joan Crawford as prostitute Sadie Thompson and Walter Huston as a conflicted missionary who wants to reform Sadie, but whose own morals start decaying. ...
