RAIN
\ɹˈe͡ɪn], \ɹˈeɪn], \ɹ_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of RAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
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water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
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drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
By Princeton University
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precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
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water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
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drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.
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To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
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To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.
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To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.
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To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; - used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.
By Oddity Software
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Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.
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To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
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To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.
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To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.
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To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; - used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.
By Noah Webster.
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Water falling in drops from the clouds; the fall of such drops; a fall or shower of anything.
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To fall in drops of water from the clouds; fall like rain.
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To pour down like rain; shower; as, to rain favors on someone.
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Rainless.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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