rain

[Rain]

Rain is what makes you go running for your umbrella. It's that water that comes down from sky when the dark clouds roll in.

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Reign.

Noun
anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"

Noun
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

Noun
drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

Verb
precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"


n. & v.
Reign.

n.
Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.

n.
To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; -- used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.

n.
To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.

v. t.
To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.

v. t.
To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.


Rain

Rain , n. & v. Reign. [Obs.] Spenser.

Rain

Rain , n. [OF. rein, AS. regen; akin to OFries. rein, D. & G. regen, OS. & OHG. regan, Icel., Dan., & Sw. regn, Goth. rign, and prob. to L. rigare to water, to wet; cf. Gr. to wet, to rain.] Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.
Rain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very small parts ascending in the air, till, encountering the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops.
Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain.
&hand; Rain is distinguished from mist by the size of the drops, which are distinctly visible. When water falls in very small drops or particles, it is called mist; and fog is composed of particles so fine as to be not only individually indistinguishable, but to float or be suspended in the air. See Fog, and Mist. Rain band (Meteorol.), a dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions. -- Rain bird (Zo'94l.), the yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.] The name is also applied to various other birds, as to Saurothera vetula of the West Indies. -- Rain fowl (Zo'94l.), the channel-bill cuckoo (Scythrops Nov'91-Hollandi'91) of Australia. -- Rain gauge, an instrument of various forms measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer. -- Rain goose (Zo'94l.), the red-throated diver, or loon. [Prov. Eng.] -- Rain prints (Geol.), markings on the surfaces of stratified rocks, presenting an appearance similar to those made by rain on mud and sand, and believed to have been so produced. -- Rain quail. (Zo'94l.) See Quail, n., 1. -- Rain water, water that has fallen from the clouds in rain.

Rain

Rain, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Raining.] [AS. regnian, akin to G. regnen, Goth. rignjan. See Rain, n.] 1. To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.
The rain it raineth every day.
2. To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.

Rain

Rain , v. t. 1. To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.
Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you.
2. To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.

Reign.

Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.

To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.

To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.

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Usage Examples

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.

Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car.

Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.

I'm watching the Weather Channel more than I've ever watched it. I'm scared to death it's going to rain.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Healing rain is a real touch from God. It could be physical healing or emotional or whatever.

It is no use to grumble and complain It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.

Misspelled Form

rain, erain, 4rain, 5rain, train, frain, eain, 4ain, 5ain, tain, fain, reain, r4ain, r5ain, rtain, rfain, rqain, rwain, rsain, rzain, rqin, rwin, rsin, rzin, raqin, rawin, rasin, razin, rauin, ra8in, ra9in, raoin, rajin, rakin, raun, ra8n, ra9n, raon, rajn, rakn, raiun, rai8n, rai9n, raion, raijn, raikn, raibn, raihn, raijn, raimn, rai n, raib, raih, raij, raim, rai , rainb, rainh, rainj, rainm, rain .

Other Usage Examples

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Human knowledge has been changing from the word go and people in certain respects behave more rationally than they did when they didn't have it. They spend less time doing rain dances and more time seeding clouds.

A paradigm shift, where, in addition to physical inputs for farming, a focused emphasis placed on knowledge inputs can be a promising way forward. This knowledge-based approach will bring immense returns, particularly in rain fed and dry land farming areas.

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.

My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine.

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.

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