to rain
- verb
- /reɪn/
- If it rains tomorrow, we will need to bring umbrellas.
- rain every day
- start to rain
- still raining
Oh how it didn't rain all night, right?
- Oh how it didn't rain all night, right?
- So for example, it's raining or it's not raining.
- It's you know, it's like damn near raining still in in Cali.
- Mine goes to when it's raining outside and whoever's driving.
- You know how when it rains on Earth, it rains water, correct?
- You know, when when it rains, it rains on everyone's roofs.
- And we're going through these hills and it starts raining and it starts raining.
- And when it's raining like that, this is my go to.
Examples
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In March, it warmed up enough to rain instead of snow.
Fiction book (1990) -
Late that afternoon, it started raining, and the trees dripped dark water.
Fiction book (1990) -
Where is it going to rain tonight?
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But so we're going to, it's supposed to rain, but we'll see.
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Also... I think it's gonna rain.
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But look, even though it's raining, it is beautiful.
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Well, on the bright side at least it's not raining.
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I didn't think it was going to rain, but it is.
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It's starting to rain.
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It just started raining, but the Sky's blue.
Synonyms
To fall from the sky, as rain, snow, or ash
To rain in small light drops
To fall from clouds as rain or snow
To rain very hard
To pour a lot of water from the sky
Rain that falls very hard
To rain very heavily
Raining very lightly in small misty drops
To fall as very light rain in small drops
Idioms
- Informal
Make someone less happy or excited by pointing out problems
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
Rain made acidic by pollution from factories that harms plants and water
A large area of tall trees near the equator that gets heavy rain and has many plants and animals
A small tree with hanging clusters of yellow flowers often used in gardens and for Easter decorations
- Specialized
A device with a float that rests on collected rain to measure how much falls
- Specialized
A tool that measures rain using a float on the top of the collected water
- Specialized
A large tropical tree with many small leaves, round pink flowers, and seed pods cattle eat
- Literature
A name in ancient stories for the god Jupiter that shows his power to bring rain
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb rain is the same old word used as an action and simply means 'to fall as drops from clouds', so when we say 'it rains' we mean water is falling from the sky.