📖 rain

noun1 senses

1. anything happening rapidly or in quick successive“a rain of bullets”
2. water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
3. drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

See also: peltingrainfallrainwater

verb2 sense

1. precipitate as rain“If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding”

See also: rain down

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