rain

Meaning

Noun

1. Condensed water falling from a cloud.
2. Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
3. An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

Verb

1. To have rain fall from the sky.
2. To fall as or like rain.
3. To issue (something) in large quantities.

Verb

Obsolete form of reign.

Concepts

rain

shower

rainfall

rainwater

drizzle

downpour

raining

fall

water

precipitation

rain down

pelting

rain water

deluge

shower of rain

wet

pour

passing shower

precipitate

light rain

keep out

go

walk

beat down

rain cats and dogs

be taken apart

go to pieces

cloudburst

rainstorm

bucket down

sleet

god of rain

begin to rain

pluvial

fall as rain

come down

shower down

rainy season

year

douse

heavy rain

rain fall

sieve

drip

downfall

moist

pool

flood

pour down

sow

strew

spit out

hail

rainy

misty rain

light

tear

rain hard

mist

hydrometeor

methane rain

pula

tinsel icicles

lightning

rainbow

thunder

rain-water

shelter

set

sink

to

cold

snowflakes

stretch

both

dock

slice up

pierce

sew

spear

write

storm

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹeɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną (compare West Frisian rein, Dutch regen, German Regen, Danish and Norwegian regn), of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *Hréǵ-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreǵ- (“to flow”) (compare Latin rigō (“wet, soak”), Lithuanian rõki (“drizzling rain”), Albanian rrjedh (“to flow, drip”)), although the consonant reflexes don't match.

Sentences

He must know how to make rain and drive away the locusts .