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.

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