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rain English

Meaning rain meaning

What does rain mean?
Definitions in simple English

rain Noun

— Drops of water that fall out of clouds in the sky. I do not like going outside in the rain.

rain Verb

— If it is raining, water is falling from the sky.

rain

— noun water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere — verb precipitate as rain If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding — noun drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds — noun (= pelting) anything happening rapidly or in quick successive a rain of bullets a pelting of insults

Synonyms rain synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as rain?

rain English » English

shower rainfall rainwater drizzle downpour raining water precipitation fall rain down pelting wet shower of rain rain water precipitate pour passing shower light rain keep out deluge year write walk to tinsel icicles thunder tear strew stretch storm spit out spear sow snowflakes slice up sleet sink sieve shower down shelter sew set rainy season rainy rainstorm rainbow rain-water rain hard rain fall rain cats and dogs

Topics rain topics

What do people use rain to talk about?
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Rain
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Cloud
Physical actions Move Accompany

Move together
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Drought
Universe, creation Sky

Weather
Universe, creation World Land

Forest, grassland, desert
Universe, creation

Nature, environment
Language and thought Want Offer

Reject
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Roof
States Quality Good Decay

Garbage

Conjugation rain conjugation

How do you conjugate rain?

rain · verb

Examples rain examples

How do I use rain in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It is going to rain.
I am afraid that it will rain.
Wait till the rain stops.
I'm afraid it will rain tomorrow.
I do not think it will rain this afternoon.
Will it rain today?
I'm afraid it'll rain tonight.
We had hardly started when it began to rain.
I lost my way and, what was worse, it began to rain.
The game was put off because of rain.
Because of heavy rain my car broke down.
Trains stopped in consequence of the heavy rain.
The weather report says it will rain tomorrow afternoon.
I was planning on going to the beach today, but then it started to rain.
Never lose sight of the importance of a beautiful sunrise, or watching your kids sleep, or the smell of rain. It's often the small things that really matter in life.
We don't like the rain.
We came with the sun, but left with the rain.
I was drenched to the skin because of the heavy rain.
We had a lot of rain last year.
We had a good deal of rain last summer.
Suddenly rain began to fall.
All of a sudden, large drops of rain began falling from the dark sky.
As a rule, we have a lot of rain in fall.
As soon as I went out, it began to rain.
I had hardly left home when it began to rain heavily.
Judging from the look of the sky, it is likely to rain.
Judging from the sky, it will rain soon.
You like rain, don't you?
The meeting was canceled because of the rain.
We set out when the rain had eased.

Movie subtitles

We've had no rain in several days (Hasa Diga Eebowai!
And it has sulphuric acid rain.
Titan actually has lakes, rain and rivers made of liquid natural gas, liquid methane.
What's with the sudden shower of rain?
Well, Jesse said that it's started to rain up there, so I told him to give those poor dears the rest of the day off.
Here, let me pour you some of this absolutely delicious tea, and you will be right as rain in no time.
At my age one never knows when the rain will come.
And by rain, I mean death.
The only cistern, which collects rain water. is a constant worry for the four solitary men.
All right? Now, take care you're not late, or your things will be pulled out in the rain.
Singin' in the bathtub, singin' in the rain..
Is there any place I can put the car out of the rain?
The rain's pouring in.
That rain, that's pretty good.
Then of course, they will eventually be drawn in by the Earth's gravitational pull and rain down on the ground.
There will be no more rain.
I caught the cold last Tuesday, when I had to wait for three hours. in the pouring rain for Talleyrand.
Rain in most districts, some hail or sleet locally.
We could use some rain.
Big rain's coming. - Yeah!
Be careful the rain doesn't wash the rouge off your mouth!
This rain seems to have uncovered a pile of garbage around here.
If I work in the rain, the water can be seen on my head and shoulders.
Gonna rain.
Trying to keep out of the rain.
It must rain a lot there!
Tonight of all nights it's gotta rain.
Today, a very stinky rain will come down on the heads of Frankie and his crew.
The rain is quite heavy.
That evening Georges worried about the young girl, alone and without shelter in the rain.
The ceaseless rain and a light fever gave nightmares to Gudule.
Ouch, that was warm rain, you rogue.
Well, they're a lot worse in the spring, after the rain.
Dull business and this rain.
Ran in and out of doorways trying to keep out of the rain.
Rain's really the end for traveling actors.
The radio says that it'll rain for another four or five days.
Just as soon as you and the rain stop.
Look at that rain!

News and current affairs

As the planet warms, and rain and storm patterns change dramatically, many species will find themselves in climate zones that no longer support their survival.
In northern Ethiopia, as in much of Africa, the rain cycle has changed markedly in recent years.
Ethiopian village life has long depended on two crops, one during a short rain in March and April, and the main crop during the long rain in the summer months.
They must know that this measure will have as much effect on food inflation as rain dancing has on the weather.
When you look at an aerial photograph of housing developments spreading into prairies or logging operations obliterating rain forests, it's hard to avoid entertaining a frightening possibility: we are parasites.
Judging from the state of the world's rain forests, wetlands, and coral reefs, we're not.
Hundreds of millions more live in fragile habitats on the steep slopes of mountains, or in semi-deserts, or in rain-fed regions where crops fail regularly when rain doesn't arrive.
Moscow, which used to rain gold on the economy, is also suffering, because it, too, depends on natural resources, and its biggest taxpayers - Gazprom, Lukoil, Transneft - are now in bad shape.
When you are poor, you are more likely to slash and burn rain forest or fish atop coral reefs with dynamite.
If you support protection of the world's rain forests, you could decide that your penalty payment will go to an organization that favors commercial development of the Amazon.
Considerable evidence does suggest that global warming causes increases in rain, especially heavy rain.
With acid rain and other public-health hazards linked to coal combustion, more technologies are emerging for reducing harmful emissions from power plants.
Poor peasants use their own seeds from the preceding season, lack fertilizer, depend on rain rather than irrigation, and have little if any mechanization beyond a traditional hoe.
Less evidently, there are plants in the rain forest whose gene pool might be useful to us.
It also ate up more arable land, which led directly to the destruction of rain forests and generally created a situation that will result in more CO2 emissions over the next hundred years.
Millions of households, with tens of millions of nomadic or semi-nomadic people, tend camels, sheep, goats, and other livestock, which they move large distances to reach rain-fed pasturelands.
Funds are needed to invest in new low-carbon energy sources, reforestation and protection of rain forests, land-use changes, and adaptation and mitigation.
Its rain forest, threatened by timber companies that have made deals with some of the militias, plays an important part in slowing global warming.
This is good news for mining, oil, and gas companies eyeing rich reserves under the Amazon rain forest and the Pacific shelf.
Mikoyan, as one joke had it, left the Kremlin one day in heavy rain and refused to share a colleague's umbrella.

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