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Definition of 'RAIN'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rain
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops.

2.  rain
a rainfall, rainstorm, or shower.

3.  rain
rains, the rainy season; seasonal rainfall.

4.  rain
weather marked by steady or frequent rainfall.

5.  rain
a heavy and continuous descent or inflicting of anything:
a rain of blows; a rain of vituperation.

6. (v.i.) rain
(of rain) to fall (usu. used impersonally with it as subject):
It rained all night.

7.  rain
to fall like rain:
Tears rained from their eyes.

8.  rain
to send down rain.

9. (v.t.) rain
to send down as or like rain.

10.  rain
to offer or bestow in great quantity; shower:
to rain favors upon a person.

11.  rain
rain out, to cancel or postpone because of rain.

Definition of 'RAIN'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rain, rainfall
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

2. (noun) rain, rainwater
drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

3. (verb) rain, pelting
anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
"a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"

4. (verb) rain, rain down
precipitate as rain
"If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"

Definition of 'RAIN'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) rain
water that falls from the clouds
heavy/light rain; We walked home in the rain.

2.  rain
the rains
heavy, prolonged tropical rainfall that happen during a particular season
The rains had come early that year.

3. (verb) rain
(of water) to fall from the clouds
It's been raining hard all afternoon.

4.  rain
rained out
stopped because of rain
The baseball game was rained out.

5.  rain
rained off
rained out

Definition of 'RAIN'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) RAIN
water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops

2. (noun) RAIN
to fall in drops from the clouds, as water; -- used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains

3. (noun) RAIN
to fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes

4. RAIN
reign

5. (verb) RAIN
to pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds

6. (verb) RAIN
to bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person

Definition of 'RAIN'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. RAIN
Water particles that fall from the ATMOSPHERE.

Translation of 'RAIN'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: water falling from the clouds in liquid drops We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.
Afrikaans: reën	Arabic: مَطَر	Bulgarian: дъжд
Brazilian: chuva	Czech: déšť	German: der Regen
Danish: regn	Greek: βροχή	Spanish: lluvia
Estonian: vihm	Farsi: باران	Finnish: sade
French: pluie	Hebrew: גֶּשֶם	Hindi: वर्षा
Croatian: kiša	Hungarian: eső	Indonesian: hujan
Icelandic: rigning	Italian: pioggia	Japanese: 雨
Korean: 비, 빗물	Lithuanian: lietus	Latvian: lietus
Malay: hujan	Dutch: regen	Norwegian: regn(vær)
Polish: deszcz	Persian: باران	Pashto: باران، ورينګى، اورښت وريا
Portuguese: chuva	Romanian: ploaie	Russian: дождь
Slovak: dážď	Slovenian: dež	Serbian: kiša
Swedish: regn	Thai: ฝน	Turkish: yağmur
Taiwanese: 雨	Ukrainian: дощ	Urdu: بارش
Vietnamese: cơn mưa	Chinese: 雨
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