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rain
water falling to earth in drops: Soon it’s going to rain.
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rain
(rān)n.
1.
a. Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops.
b. A fall of such water; a rainstorm.
c. The descent of such water.
d. Rainy weather.
e. rains A rainy season.
2. A heavy or abundant fall: a rain of fluffy cottonwood seeds; a rain of insults.
v. rained, rain·ing, rains
v.intr.
1. To fall in drops of water from the clouds.
2. To fall like rain: Praise rained down on the composer.
3. To release rain.
v.tr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To send or pour down.
2. To give abundantly; shower: rain gifts; rain curses upon their heads.
rain out
Idiom: To force the cancellation or postponement of (an outdoor event) because of rain. Used in passive constructions: The ball game was rained out.
rain cats and dogs Informal
To rain very heavily.
[Middle English, from Old English regn, rēn.]
rain′less adj.
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rain
(reɪn)n
1. (Physical Geography)
a. precipitation from clouds in the form of drops of water, formed by the condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere
b. a fall of rain; shower
c. (in combination): a raindrop. hyetalpluvious
2. a large quantity of anything falling rapidly or in quick succession: a rain of abuse.
3. rain or shine come rain or shine
a. regardless of the weather
b. regardless of circumstances
4. right as rain informal Brit perfectly all right; perfectly fit
vb
5. (intr; with it as subject) to be the case that rain is falling
6. (often with: it as subject) to fall or cause to fall like rain: the lid flew off and popcorn rained on everyone.
7. (tr) to bestow in large measure: to rain abuse on someone.
8. rain cats and dogs informal to rain heavily; pour
9. rained off cancelled or postponed on account of rain. US and Canadian term: rained out
[Old English regn; related to Old Frisian rein, Old High German regan, Gothic rign]
ˈrainless adj
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rain
(reɪn)n.
1. water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops.
2. a rainfall, rainstorm, or shower.
3. rains, the rainy season; seasonal rainfall.
4. weather marked by steady or frequent rainfall.
5. a heavy and continuous descent or inflicting of anything: a rain of blows; a rain of vituperation.
v.i. 6. (of rain) to fall (usu. used impersonally with it as subject): It rained all night.
7. to fall like rain: Tears rained from their eyes.
8. to send down rain.
v.t. 9. to send down as or like rain.
10. to offer or bestow in great quantity; shower: to rain favors upon a person.
11. rain out, to cancel or postpone because of rain.
Idioms: rain cats and dogs, to rain very heavily or steadily.
[before 900; (n.) Middle English rein; Old English regn, rēn, c. Dutch, German regen, Old Norse regn, Gothic rign; (v.) Middle English reinen, Old English regnian]
rain′less, adj.
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rain
(rān) Water that condenses from vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth as separate drops from clouds.
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Rain
the study of the geographical distribution of rainfall by annual totals. — hyetographic, hyetographical, adj.
Rare. the branch of meteorology that studies rainfall. — hyetologist, n. — hyetological, adj.
the branch of meteorology that studies rain. — ombrological, n.
an abnormal fear of rain.
the branch of meteorology that automatically measures rainfall and snowfall. — pluviographic, pluviographical, adj.
the branch of meteorology concerned with the measurement of rainfall. — pluviometric, pluviometrical, adj.
an instrument for measuring rainfall; a rain gauge.
raininess. — pluvious, adj.
the measurement of rainfall with any of various types of rain gauges. — udometric, adj.
a self-registering rain gauge.
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Rain
the falling or driving of numerous particles; the particles themselves, collectively.Examples: rain of frogs, 1593; of kisses, 1893; of melody, 1820; of calm moonbeams, 1821; of pearls, 1847; of snow, 1388; of sparks; of tears, 1541.
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Rain
See Also: WEATHER
- As if a mask had been peeled off, the rain ended —Tim O’Brien
- Big soft drops splash on people’s hands and cheeks, immense warm drops like melted stars —Katherine Mansfield
- Drizzle whispered upon Joseph’s umbrella like muffled applause —Rick Borsten
- Droplets fired upon our windows like bullets of tin —Ira Wood
- The drops like bugs stuck on the pane —F. D. Reeve
- A dull rain, like a tap left running —Jean Thompson
- Fall rain as fine as spray from an atomizer —Harvey Swados
- Felt the rain like cold tears on his hot face —James Crumley
- The good rain, like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off —Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The gray rain continued to fall, stubbornly and insensibly, like a frozen madness —Amos Oz
- Hiss in the gutter [the rain] like a thousand coiled snakes —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- It seemed as if the lowering clouds, heavy with water had burst, emptying upon the earth … melting it like sugar —Guy De Maupassant
See Also: CLOUD(S)
- Light rain fell around the big house and its trees like a veil —John McGahern
- Light through which the slowing rain ran stitches like a sewing machine gone mad —Leslie A. Fiedler
- The rain as thick as oil on the windows —Albert Camus
- The rain beat down (on Paris) in endless steady sheets, straight down, like waterfalls —Sylvia Berkman
A nice example of a simile to introduce a story and set its mood.
- Rain … beating down like a stampede of horses —Paige Mitchell
- The rain bites like a whip across a prisoner’s back —Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- The rain came down like glass bead curtains —Joyce Cary
- The rain came like an explosion in a glass factory —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- The rain came sifting through the air, and settled like bloom on the fields —Mary Lavin
Another rain simile to set a fictional scene, this one for Lavin’s story, Brigid.
- The rain came slowly and doggedly down, as if it had not even the spirit to pour —Charles Dickens
- Rain comes down like the sky falling in skeins and yarny drifts —Marge Piercy
- Raindrops … as warm as the tears of a child not yet consoled —Marguerite Yourcenar
- Rain drops down like worms from the trees —Anne Sexton
- Raindrops hitting like bullets —Joyce Carol Oates
- Raindrops, plump as Malaga grapes —Paul Kuttner
- Raindrops pock the surface like a plague —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Raindrops sparkled like diamonds falling through sunshine —Rita Mae Brown
- Raindrops tapped at our backs like insinuating fingers —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Raindrops that whined like bullets —Kenzaburo Oë
- Rained like a cow pissing on a flat rock —American colloquialism
- Rain falling just past the end of his nose like a curtain —Thomas McGuane
- Rain … fell like a silver veil from the dim grey sky —Mazo De La Roche
- Rain … fell like iron swords out of the black sky —Paul Theroux
- Rain … flowing in streaked silver patterns down the panes of the window nearby, like tears on the smooth shining face of a child —Bill Pronzini
- Rain … flying down like silver needles —Frank Swinnerton
- Rain glimmered like silver threads being spun from the mist —Paige Mitchell
- Rain … gold as the planet system —Dame Edith Sitwell
- Rain hit the roof like pennies from heaven —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Rain keeps falling like a curse —Amos Oz
- Rain knocked at the windows like a smirking voyeur —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Rain … like a river falling out of the sky —Donald Seaman
- Rain … like a deluge from heaven —W. Somerset Maugham
- Rain, like dark-ruled lines on paper —Stephen Longstreet
- The rain like pitchforks fell —Delmore Schwartz
- Rain plastered the land till it was shining like hammered lead —Ted Hughes
- Rain poured down like a waterfall —Jilly Cooper
- Rain ran from the roof like a sea —Irving Feldman
- Rain … rattling hard first on one side and then on the other like someone nailing down a case —Saul Bellow
- Rains drip like the slow beat of time —Dame Edith Sitwell
- Rain sheeting down like a giant waterfall —Frank Swinnerton
- The rains of summer’s end were very like tears, falling warm and gradually chilling where they fell —Lael Tucker Wertenbaker
- Rain, so loud, like horses weeping —F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Rainstorms that blacken like a headache —Amy Clampitt
- The rain struck you so hard that it was like a warm gag in your mouth —Louis-Ferdinand Celine
- The rain stung like whips, and from underfoot the mud oozed up over shoes and ankles like a live thing —Hugh Walpole
- Rain … swept the deck in angry gusts, like a nagging woman who cannot leave a subject alone —W. Somerset Maugham
- Rain thudded against the car like rotten fruit —Jean Thompson
- The rain was blowing down the window glass like silk —Paul Horgan
- Showers … drifting like scarves of gauze across the landscape —Jules Romains
- A slanted sheet of rain swept like a scythe across Placid Cove Trailer Park —John Lutz
The scene being set with this simile is for a mystery story entitled Ride the Lightning.
- The sound of rain seemed … like the repeated attentions of a lover —John Cheever
- A squall of rain driven around us in gusts like a wet veil —Erich Maria Remarque
- Through the mist it was as if fine threads of rain were being teased down slowly —John McGahern
- Torrents of rain streamed through the darkness, like incessant floods of tears which threatened to devour the earth and drown it in a deluge of unquenchable grief —Vladimir G. Korolenko
- The [rain] water was loud as a crowd hissing —Susan Minot
- When it rains, there’s a wonderful lush wooden wetness in the air, and you feel as refreshed as if you were the earth itself, drinking in the water —Christopher Isherwood
- The wind-blown rain was smeared like jam on the glass [of the window] —Jonathan Valin
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rain
Past participle: rained
Gerund: raining
Imperative |
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rain
Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of water drops.
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Noun | 1. | rain - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere monsoon - any wind that changes direction with the seasons downfall, precipitation - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) raindrop - a drop of rain rainstorm - a storm with rain rain shower, shower - a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" |
2. | rain - drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds fresh water, freshwater - water that is not salty | |
3. | rain - anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults" chronological sequence, chronological succession, succession, successiveness, sequence - a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients" | |
Verb | 1. | rain - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" come down, precipitate, fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" shower down, shower - rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia" patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinkle - rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pelt, stream, pour - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" |
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rain
noun
1. rainfall, fall, showers, deluge, drizzle, downpour, precipitation, raindrops, cloudburst You'll get soaked standing out in the rain.
verb
1. pour, pelt (down), teem, bucket down (informal), fall, shower, drizzle, rain cats and dogs (informal), come down in buckets (informal) It rained the whole weekend.
Quotations
"The rain it raineth every day" [William Shakespeare Twelfth Night]
"The rain it raineth every day" [William Shakespeare Twelfth Night]
Proverbs
"It never rains but it pours"
"It never rains but it pours"
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rain
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
plourepluja
déšťpršet
regnregne
pluvipluvo
vihm
sadesataapudotella
kišakišitipljuštatidažd
esikesőzáporoz
hujan
rigningdrífaláta rigna yfir e-nregnrigna
雨雨が降る
비비가 내리다
pluvia
lietuslytipasinaudoti pasiūlymu vėliaupasipiltipilti kaip iš kibiro
lietuslītbirtkrusa
ploaie
deždeževati
kišaкиша
regnregna
mvua
ฝนฝนตก
yağmuryağmur gibi yağmakyağmur yağmakyağmuruyağmak
mưa
rain
[reɪn]A. N (Met) → lluvia f
in the rain → bajo la lluvia
a walk in the rain → un paseo bajo la lluvia
he left his bike out in the rain → dejó la bicicleta bajo la lluvia
don't go out in the rain → no salgas, que está lloviendo
if the rain keeps off → si no llueve
it looks like rain → parece que va a llover
come in out of the rain! → ¡entra, que te vas a mojar!
the rains → la época de las lluvias
come rain or shine (lit) → llueva o haga sol (fig) → pase lo que pase
see also right A5
in the rain → bajo la lluvia
a walk in the rain → un paseo bajo la lluvia
he left his bike out in the rain → dejó la bicicleta bajo la lluvia
don't go out in the rain → no salgas, que está lloviendo
if the rain keeps off → si no llueve
it looks like rain → parece que va a llover
come in out of the rain! → ¡entra, que te vas a mojar!
the rains → la época de las lluvias
come rain or shine (lit) → llueva o haga sol (fig) → pase lo que pase
see also right A5
B. VI
1. (Met) → llover
it's raining → está lloviendo
it rains a lot here → aquí llueve mucho
to rain on sb's parade (esp US) → aguar la fiesta a algn
it never rains but it pours → las desgracias nunca vienen solas
it rains on the just as well as on the unjust → la lluvia cae sobre los buenos como sobre los malos
it's raining → está lloviendo
it rains a lot here → aquí llueve mucho
to rain on sb's parade (esp US) → aguar la fiesta a algn
it never rains but it pours → las desgracias nunca vienen solas
it rains on the just as well as on the unjust → la lluvia cae sobre los buenos como sobre los malos
C. VT → llover
hereabouts it rains soot → por aquí llueve hollín
to rain blows on sb → llover golpes sobre algn
it's raining cats and dogs → está lloviendo a cántaros
hereabouts it rains soot → por aquí llueve hollín
to rain blows on sb → llover golpes sobre algn
it's raining cats and dogs → está lloviendo a cántaros
D. CPD rain belt N → zona f de lluvias
rain check N (US) (Sport) contraseña para usar otro día en caso de cancelación por lluvia
I'll take a rain check (fig) → de momento, paso
rain cloud N → nube f de lluvia, nubarrón m
rain forest N (also tropical rain forest) → pluviselva f, selva f tropical
rain gauge N → pluviómetro m
rain hood N → capucha f impermeable
rain check N (US) (Sport) contraseña para usar otro día en caso de cancelación por lluvia
I'll take a rain check (fig) → de momento, paso
rain cloud N → nube f de lluvia, nubarrón m
rain forest N (also tropical rain forest) → pluviselva f, selva f tropical
rain gauge N → pluviómetro m
rain hood N → capucha f impermeable
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rain
[ˈreɪn] n → pluie f
in the rain → sous la pluie
to be right as rain (= fully recovered) → se porter comme un charme
You'll be as right as rain soon → Tu te porteras bientôt comme un charme.
rain or shine → qu'il pleuve ou qu'il vente rains
in the rain → sous la pluie
to be right as rain (= fully recovered) → se porter comme un charme
You'll be as right as rain soon → Tu te porteras bientôt comme un charme.
rain or shine → qu'il pleuve ou qu'il vente rains
npl
the rains → les pluies fpl
the rains → les pluies fpl
modif [hat] → de pluie rain gauge, rain shower
vi → pleuvoir
It rains a lot here → Il pleut beaucoup par ici.
It's raining → Il pleut.
it's raining cats and dogs → il pleut des cordes
it never rains but it pours → un malheur n'arrive jamais seul
It rains a lot here → Il pleut beaucoup par ici.
It's raining → Il pleut.
it's raining cats and dogs → il pleut des cordes
it never rains but it pours → un malheur n'arrive jamais seul
vt
to rain blows on sb → faire pleuvoir des coups sur qn
to rain down on sth → pleuvoir sur qch
to rain blows on sb → faire pleuvoir des coups sur qn
rain down
vi [bombs, missiles, stones] → pleuvoirto rain down on sth → pleuvoir sur qch
rain off
vt sep (British) to be rained off [game, match] → être annulé(e) pour cause de pluierain out
vt sep (US) to be rained out [game, match] → être annulé(e) pour cause de pluieCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
rain
n
→ Regen m; in the rain → im Regen; (come) rain or shine (lit) → ob es regnet oder schneit; (fig) → was auch geschieht; the rains → die Regenzeit ? right
(fig: of arrows, bullets, blows) → Hagel m
vi impers (lit, fig) → regnen; it is raining → es regnet; it never rains but it pours (Brit prov) when it rains, it pours (US prov) → ein Unglück kommt selten allein (prov); to rain on somebody’s parade (US fig) → jdm in die Suppe spucken (inf)
vt to rain blows on somebody → einen Hagel von Schlägen auf jdn niedergehen lassen
rain
in cpds → Regen-;rain belt
n → Regenzone f
rain
:rain check
n (esp US) I’ll take a rain on that (fig inf) → das verschiebe ich auf ein andermal
rain cloud
n → Regenwolke f
raincoat
n → Regenmantel m
rain dance
n → Regentanz m
raindrop
n → Regentropfen m
rainfall
n → Niederschlag m
rain forest
n → Regenwald m
rain gauge
n → Regenmesser m
rain hood
n → Regenhaube f; (of anorak etc) → Kapuze f
rain
:rainless
adj → niederschlagsfrei (Met), → ohne Regen, regenfrei
rainproof
adj → wasserfest, wasserdicht
vt → imprägnieren
rain-sodden
adj soil → aufgeweicht
rainstorm
n → schwere Regenfälle pl
rainswept
adj attr → regengepeitscht; evening → regnerisch
raintight
adj → wasserfest, wasserdicht
rainwater
n → Regenwasser nt
rainwear
n → Regenkleidung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
rain
[reɪn]1. n → pioggia
in the rain → sotto la pioggia
it looks like rain → per me si mette a piovere
heavy/light rain → piogga forte/leggera
come rain or shine → qualunque tempo faccia, col bello o col cattivo tempo (fig) → qualunque cosa succeda
in the rain → sotto la pioggia
it looks like rain → per me si mette a piovere
heavy/light rain → piogga forte/leggera
come rain or shine → qualunque tempo faccia, col bello o col cattivo tempo (fig) → qualunque cosa succeda
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rain
(rein) noun1. 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.
2. a great number of things falling like rain. a rain of arrows.
verb1. (only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall. I think it will rain today.
2. to (cause to) fall like rain. Arrows rained down on the soldiers.
ˈrainy adjective having (many) showers of rain. a rainy day; the rainy season; rainy weather.
ˈraininess nounˈrainbow noun
the coloured arch sometimes seen in the sky opposite the sun when rain is falling.
ˈrain check: take a rain check (American) (to ask) to do something at a later time. Thanks for inviting me to dinner, but can I take a rain check on it?
ˈraincoat noun a waterproof coat worn to keep out the rain.
ˈraindrop noun a single drop of rain.
ˈrainfall noun the amount of rain that falls in a certain place in a certain time. We haven't had much rainfall this year; the annual rainfall.
ˈrain forest noun a thick tropical forest in a region where it rains a lot.
ˈrain-gauge noun an instrument for measuring rainfall.
keep/save etc for a rainy day to keep (especially money) until one needs it or in case one may need it.
rain cats and dogs to rain very hard.
the rains (in tropical countries) the rainy season.
(as) right as rain perfectly all right; completely well.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
rain
→ مَطَر, يـَمْطُرُ déšť, pršet regn, regne Regen, regnen βρέχει, βροχή llover, lluvia sade, sataa pleuvoir, pluie kiša, kišiti pioggia, piovere 雨, 雨が降る 비, 비가 내리다 regen, regenen regn, regne deszcz, padać chover, chuva дождь, идет дождь regn, regna ฝน, ฝนตก yağmur, yağmur yağmak mưa 下雨, 雨Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
rain
n. lluvia;
v. llover.
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