| NOUN | phenomenon | rain, rainfall | water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere |
|---|---|---|---|
| substance | rain, rainwater | drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds | |
| attribute | rain, pelting | anything happening rapidly or in quick successive | |
| VERB | weather | rain, rain down | precipitate as rain |
| Sounds | rey'n | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... | |
| Meaning | water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | rainfall | |
| Parts | raindrop | A drop of rain |
| Narrower | downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker | A heavy rain |
| drizzle, mizzle | Very light rain | |
| monsoon | Any wind that changes direction with the seasons | |
| rainstorm | A storm with rain | |
| shower, rain shower | A brief period of precipitation | |
| Broader | precipitation, downfall | The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) |
| Spanish | aguacero, lluvia, precipitación | |
| Catalan | pluja, pluviositat, precipitació | |
| Adjectives | rainy | (of weather) wet by periods of rain |
| Verbs | rain | precipitate as rain |
| Meaning | Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | rainwater | |
| Broader | fresh water, freshwater | water that is not salty |
| Spanish | agua de lluvia, agua, lluvia | |
| Catalan | aigua de pluja, pluja | |
| Adjectives | rainy | (of weather) wet by periods of rain |
| Verbs | rain | precipitate as rain |
| Meaning | Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a rain of bullets" | |
| Synonym | pelting | |
| Broader | sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession | A following of one thing / thing after another in time |
| Meaning | precipitate as rain. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | It is ----ing; Something ----s something | |
| Model | It was raining all day long | |
| Example | "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" | |
| Synonym | rain down | |
| Entailed by | storm | rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning |
| Narrower | drizzle, mizzle | rain lightly / lightly |
| pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets | rain heavily | |
| shower, shower down | rain abundantly | |
| sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter | rain gently | |
| Broader | precipitate, come down, fall | fall from clouds |
| Spanish | llover, precipitar | |
| Catalan | ploure, pluja | |
| Nouns | rain | water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere |
| rain | drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds | |
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