Raining Rained Reɪn Rain Night It’s Verb Bre

• is it raining?
• it had been raining hard all night.
• it hardly rained at all last summer.
• it started to rain.

rain

1. when it rains, water falls from the sky in drops
• Is it raining?
• It had been raining hard all night.
• It hardly rained at all last summer.
• It started to rain.
2. to fall or to make something fall on somebody/something in large quantities
• Bombs rained (down) on the city’s streets.
• Falling debris rained on us from above.
• He covered his face as the blows rained down on him (= he was hit repeatedly).
• The volcano erupted, raining hot ash over a wide area.
3. to be raining heavily
4. used to say that when one bad thing happens to you, other bad things happen soon after
5. to spoil something for somebody

Extra Examples

• I don’t think it’s going to rain.
• It had rained solidly for four days.
• It rained incessantly for the whole two weeks.
• It’s been raining solidly for an hour now.
• It’s been raining steadily all day.
• It had been raining all night.
• The floorboards above shook, raining dust and splinters over our heads.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they rain
• he / she / it rains
• past simple rained
• past participle rained
• -ing form raining

Word Origin

• Old English regn (noun), regnian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch regen and German Regen.