Definition Definition

rain - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'rain' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rain [ n.]
- 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 fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
2 . Rain [ n. & v.]
- Reign.
3 . Rain [ v. t.]
- To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.
- To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.

Meaning of 'rain' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rain [ n]
Meaning (1):
- anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
Example in sentence:
  • a pelting of insults;
  • a rain of bullets
2 . rain [ v]
Meaning (2):
- precipitate as rain
Example in sentence:
  • If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding

Nearby Words:

raia raiae raid raided raider raiding rail railed railer railing

See 'rain' also in:

Dictionary.com Google Translator Wikipedia.com Merriam Webster

Related Definitions

  • Rain Check
    Rain Checks are basically a kind of commitment to buyers who couldn't avail of the sale price of a product. These are free tickets given to the spectators at an event interrupted by rain.
  • Worker adjustment and retraining notification act (WARN)
    The 1989 law that requires employers with 100 or more full-time employees to give affected employees 60 days’ written notice of a plant or office closing or other mass layoffs, covers nonprofit
  • Split-brain technique
    Split-brain technique is a surgical technique for severing the connections between the brain hemispheres to relieve, for example, severe epileptic seizures. People who have undergone
  • Training analysis
    Training analysis is the psychoanalysis undergone by someone training to be a psychoanalyst.
  • Transfer of training
    Transfer of training where the learning achieved in one situation is transferred to another situation. This can be positive (knowing Spanish aids the learning of Italian)
  • Old brain
    Old brain is the most primitive part of the human brain which emerged earliest in the course of evolution. Situated below the cerebrum, it deals with reflex
  • Assistant Chief of Staff, G3, Operations and Training
    Assistant Chief of Staff, G3, Operations and Training refers to a general staff officer who assists the Chief of Staff of an Army field command in the ...
  • Assertiveness trainin
    Assertiveness training is a technique of behaviour modification intended to help people overcome inhibitions about expressing their feelings without becoming aggressive.
  • Brainwashing
    Brainwashing is an attempt to coerce someone into radically changing their beliefs or behaviour by using psychological manipulation. There is no good evidence that it can be done.
  • Brain waves
    Brain waves is the recorded rhythms of the electrical activity of the brain.

Categories

Browse Dictionary