rain
noun
[ reɪn ]
• the condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops.
• "the rain had not stopped for days"
Similar:
rainfall,
precipitation,
raindrops,
rainwater,
wet weather,
the wet,
a fall of rain,
sprinkle,
drizzle,
mizzle,
Scotch mist,
shower,
rainstorm,
cloudburst,
torrent,
downpour,
deluge,
squall,
thunderstorm,
rain
verb
• rain falls.
• "it was beginning to rain"
Similar:
pour (down),
pelt down,
tip down,
teem down,
beat down,
lash down,
sheet down,
come down,
come down in torrents/sheets,
rain cats and dogs,
fall,
shower,
drizzle,
spit,
be chucking it down,
bucket down,
come down in stair rods,
tipple down,
piss down,
Origin:
Old English regn (noun), regnian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch regen and German Regen .
