rain
IPA: rˈeɪn
noun
- 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.
- A female given name.
verb
- (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
- (intransitive) To fall as or like rain.
- (transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.
- Obsolete form of reign. [(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.]
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Examples of "rain" in Sentences
- Rain, who filiest the skins, wet our raiment.
- The droplets then fall to earth as rain, snow, or sleet.
- The cloud top is where the snow, rain and sleet come from.
- The vines just suck the rain water in, diluting the grape juice.
- The November and December rains replenish the soil's water reserves.
- Rain, sleet and snow travelled northwards throughout the early hours.
- The lowland rain forest of Borneo is the richest rain forest in the world.
- Stagnant rain water has lathered the brick and mud work with layers of moss.
- Rain is rare during the summer months, but the winters are changeable and wet.
- As the air's temperature dropped, the rain changed to sleet, and then it snowed.