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rainmaking

8.8
The act of trying to make rain fall using special methods or ceremonies
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪnˌmeɪkɪŋ/
translation icon : inducción de lluvia
  • The tribe has practiced rainmaking for generations, believing it connects them with their ancestors.

Examples

  • The Water Monster is also associated with rainmaking ceremonies and certain sacred stones that are offered to it during those ceremonies conducted at springs where one's prayers can most directly reach this immortal being.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The village held a traditional celebration that included rainmaking rituals to ensure a fruitful harvest.

  • Scientists are exploring new techniques in rainmaking to help combat drought in arid regions.

Synonyms

to cloudbusting
vsrainmaking
  • Specialized
9.9

To try to make rain by breaking up clouds

includes ritual and artificial attempts rather than only technical methods

Antonyms

drought
178 3.7

A long time with no rain that makes the land very dry

Surface Forms

rainmaking singular
rainmakings plural

Morphology

rainmaking = make (transparent) = rain + make + ing

The phrase literally denotes the action of 'making rain' and a learner who knows 'rain' and 'make' can derive the meaning.

Etymology

The word rainmaking is simply rain + making and originally named acts to 'make rain', from traditional ceremonies to modern cloud seeding. So rainmaking means trying to cause rain to fall.