rain
1. water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere (Freq. 25)
• Syn:
rainfall
• Derivationally related forms:
rainy
• Hypernyms:
precipitation, downfall
• Hyponyms:
monsoon, rainstorm, downpour, cloudburst, deluge,
waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker, drizzle, mizzle,
shower, rain shower
• Part Meronyms:
raindrop
2. drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
rainwater
• Derivationally related forms:
rainy
• Hypernyms:
fresh water, freshwater
3. anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
- a rain of bullets
- a pelting of insults
• Syn:
pelting
• Derivationally related forms:
pelt (for: pelting)
• Hypernyms:
sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession
precipitate as rain (Freq. 13)
- If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding
• Syn:
rain down
• Hypernyms:
precipitate, come down, fall
• Hyponyms:
drizzle, mizzle, shower, shower down, sprinkle,
spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter, pour, pelt,
stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
• Verb Frames:
- It is ----ing
- Something ----s something
- It was raining all day long
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