Rain
41rain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shower, precipitation, rainstorm, downpour. v. shower, pour, drizzle; bestow, lavish, shower upon. See water. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Water falling in drops] Syn. drizzle, mist, sprinkle, sprinkling,… …
42rain — n 1. precipitation, raindrops; fine or light rain, serein, drizzle, sprinkle, Chiefly Dial. mizzle, mist; rainfall, cloudburst, rainstorm, shower, sun shower, thundershower, thunderstorm, electrical storm, thundersquall, squall, hurricane;… …
43rain — [[t]reɪn[/t]] n. 1) mer water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops 2) mer a rainfall, rainstorm, or shower 3) mer rains, the rainy season; seasonal rainfall 4) mer weather marked by steady or… …
44Rain — Ackergrenze; Feldrain * * * Rain [rai̮n], der; [e]s, e (geh.): mit Gras bewachsener Streifen Land als Grenze zwischen zwei Äckern: ein schmaler Rain. * * * Rain 〈m. 1〉 den Acker begrenzende kleine Bodenerhöhung (FeldRain) [<ahd. rein, rain… …
45rain — {{11}}rain (n.) O.E. regn, from P.Gmc. *regna (Cf. O.S. regan, O.N. regn, O.Fris. rein, M.Du. reghen, Ger. regen, Goth. rign rain ), with no certain cognates outside Germanic, unless it is from a presumed PIE *reg moist, wet, which may be the… …
46rain — /reɪn / (say rayn) noun 1. water in drops falling from the sky to the earth, being condensed from the aqueous vapour in the atmosphere. 2. a rainfall, rainstorm, or shower. 3. (plural) the seasonal rainfalls, or the rainy or wet season, in some… …
47rain — noun 1》 the condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops. ↘(rains) falls of rain. 2》 a large quantity of things falling or descending: a rain of blows. verb 1》 (it rains, it is raining, etc.) rain falls. 2》 (be… …
48rain*/*/*/ — [reɪn] noun I 1) [U] water that falls in drops from clouds in the sky Visibility was good, with only occasional light rain.[/ex] People were standing in the rain.[/ex] 2) the rains [plural] the large amounts of rain that fall in tropical regions… …
49rain — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English reyn, from Old English regn, rēn; akin to Old High German regan rain Date: before 12th century 1. a. water falling in drops condensed from vapor in the atmosphere b. the descent of this… …
50Rain — There are three Hebrew words used to denote the rains of different seasons, 1) Yoreh (Hos. 6:3), or moreh (Joel 2:23), denoting the former or the early rain. 2) Melqosh, the latter rain (Prov. 16:15). 3) Geshem, the winter rain, the… …
