rain

noun

(meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud.

(figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

(figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

A female given name.

verb

(impersonal, meteorology) To have rain fall from the sky.

(intransitive, figuratively) To fall as or like rain.

(transitive, figuratively) To issue (something) in large quantities.

Obsolete form of reign. [(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.]

Synonyms for rain

rainfalln rainwatern downpourn rainstormn cloudburstn precipitationn hydrometeor drizzlen snowstormn

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