v
(transitive) To rain upon; wet with rain; moisten.
n
Random, inconsequential amounts of residual water on a roof membrane.
adj
Subjected to violent gusts of wind; storm-damaged.
adj
(obsolete) Stormy, tempestuous, fierce.
n
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
n
(figuratively) An overwhelming downpour or rush.
n
(chiefly in set phrases) A heavy rain; a large amount of rain.
v
To plant salt into a raincloud in order to trigger rainfall.
n
ten days, especially of rainfall; see adjective form dekadal
adj
Situated or growing or constantly under water, as leaves; submersed.
n
Water originating in the form of dew.
n
Rain propelled by a driving wind.
adj
Abounding with drizzle; drizzling.
n
Alternative form of fallstreak [(meteorology) A (part of a) virga; a streak of falling ice crystals that sublimate before reaching the ground.]
n
The first rainfall of a season, at the start of spring in cold climates or the end of summer in hot, dry climates.
adj
Filled with too much fluid.
n
(figuratively, poetic) The sea.
n
A tumbling of fog from a higher area to a lower one, visually reminiscent of a waterfall.
n
(by extension) Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion, etc.).
n
(meteorology, uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
n
(meteorology) An instance of hail falling.
adj
Containing hail; involving hail falling.
adj
(rare) Pertaining to rain.
adj
Rainy; rain-causing; relating to rain.
v
To rain in fine drops; to mizzle.
adj
Raining in very small drops; misty; drizzly.
n
(dialectal) A heavy fall of rain or snow; cloudburst.
n
(UK dialectal) A heavy, continuous fall of rain or snow; a downpour.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To cover, or become covered, with clouds.
n
The East Asian rainy season.
n
(geology) a rainy period
n
The raining of fine particles (typically sand) through the air
adj
(rare) Characterized by heavy rainfall; rainy.
adj
Involving or relating to rain; rainy.
n
(UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
n
The accumulation of water on a flat roof, potentially leading to leakage.
adj
(sciences) After a rainy period.
n
The amount of water vapour, in a column of air, that is equivalent to the depth of the liquid water that would be obtained if it fell as rain
v
(intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
n
A hurried headlong fall.
n
Obsolete spelling of rain [Condensed water falling from a cloud.]
n
(slang) Hail accelerated to high speeds by heavy winds.
n
(figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
v
(idiomatic) To rain heavily
n
A cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.
n
(US) An alternative later date for an outdoor event in case of inclement weather.
n
The interruption of an outdoor event because of rain, with the expectation that it would continue later.
v
Alternative form of rain cats and dogs [(impersonal, idiomatic) To rain very heavily.]
n
(weather) A short-lived, mild rainfall.
n
A twelve-month period in which total rainfall is measured, extending from one year's dry season to the next.
adj
Made slippery by rain.
adj
Alternative spelling of rainsoaked [Saturated with rainwater.]
adj
Unable to move or proceed because of heavy rain.
n
A sudden shower of rain.
n
Alternative spelling of rain cloud [A cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.]
n
An alternative date on which an event will be held if it rains on the originally scheduled date.
n
A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
n
Obsolete form of rain. [Condensed water falling from a cloud.]
n
(rare) That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.
n
(meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
adv
With respect to rainfall.
adj
(of a surface coating or chemical spray) That is not washed off by the rain
adj
(of land etc.) Supplied with water by rain (only).
n
A headache caused by a change in the weather or barimetric pressure, specifically rain.
adj
Bringing or affected by rain.
n
The attempted artificial production of rain, either by use of magic or by seeding clouds.
n
(uncountable) Radioactive fallout deposited by means of rain.
n
Alternative form of rain shower [(weather) A short-lived, mild rainfall.]
adj
(chiefly archaic) Marked by rain or raininess; rainy
n
A hollow tube partially filled with pebbles or beans, and with small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inner surface, so that it produces a rain-like sound when upended.
n
A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
adj
Undergoing a rainstorm.
adj
Describing a place where it is raining heavily
adj
Pouring with rain; wet; showery
n
The portion of the year during which the most rain falls.
v
Of rain: to fall heavily.
n
Obsolete spelling of rain [Condensed water falling from a cloud.]
n
Obsolete form of rain. [Condensed water falling from a cloud.]
n
(countable) A regenerative radio receiver.
n
Obsolete form of rain. [Condensed water falling from a cloud.]
adj
Full of rifts or fissures.
n
(astronomy) A shower of material leaving Saturn's rings and entering its atmosphere.
n
(chiefly Britain) Any of a series of showers of rain, whose number, location and timing are impossible to predict
n
Clouds or rain driven by the wind.
n
Collective noun meaning a large amount, when used of rain, or other precipitation.
n
Nonstandard form of shower (“man whose penis appears relatively large when flaccid”). [A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade).]
n
A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade).
adj
Full of showers; rainy, teary, etc.
n
Obsolete spelling of shower [A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade).]
n
(US, meteorology) Abbreviation of rain showers.
n
A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
n
A rain shower which occurs while the sun is shining.
n
Alternative spelling of sun shower. [A rain shower which occurs while the sun is shining.]
n
The act or state of swimming; suffusion.
adj
Referring to large quantities of rain.
n
(archaic) A heavy fall of rain in a thunderstorm.
n
A rain shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
adj
Coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities.
n
(slang, climatology) A very heavy downpour of rain.
adj
Suffering from washboarding.
n
(meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
n
A small irregular floating cloud supposed to indicate rain.
n
(obsolete) A light shower of rain.
n
(Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
n
Especially in tropical regions, the part of the year when most of the rain falls.
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