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word rain
definition
noun
Rain is water that falls from the clouds in small drops.
I hope you didn't get soaked standing out in the rain.
A spot of rain fell on her hand.
In countries where rain only falls in certain seasons, this rain is referred to as the rains .
...the spring, when the rains came.
The rains have failed again in the Horn of Africa.
A rain of things is a large number of things that fall from the sky at the same time.
A rain of stones descended on the police.
verb
When rain falls, you can say that it is raining .
It rained the whole weekend.
It was raining hard, and she hadn't an umbrella.
If someone rains blows, kicks, or bombs on a person or place, the person or place is attacked by many blows, kicks, or bombs. You can also say that blows, kicks, or bombs rain on a person or place.
The opponents were raining blows on each other long after the bell had gone.
Rockets, mortars and artillery rounds rained on buildings.
Fighter aircraft rained down high explosives.
Grenades and mortars rained down on the city.
inflections rainsrainingrainedbucket down
cefr-level A1

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