rain

Definition

  • n. water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
  • n. drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
  • n. anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
  • v. precipitate as rain

Word forms

Present participle
raining
Third person singular
rains
Past tense
rained
Past participle
rained

Example sentences

  1. n.

    We stayed indoors because of the heavy rain.

  2. vi.

    It started to rain just as we left the house.

  3. vt.

    The teacher rained praise on the students for their hard work.