transcription, транскрипция: [ reɪn ]
( rains, raining, rained)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Rain is water that falls from the clouds in small drops.
I hope you didn’t get soaked standing out in the rain...
N-UNCOUNT : also the N
2.
In countries where rain only falls in certain seasons, this rain is referred to as the rains .
...the spring, when the rains came...
N-PLURAL : usu the N
3.
When rain falls, you can say that it is raining .
It was raining hard, and she hadn’t an umbrella.
VERB : it V
4.
If someone rains blows, kicks, or bombs on a person or place, the person or place is attacked by many blows, kicks, or bombs. You can also say that blows, kicks, or bombs rain on a person or place.
The police, raining blows on rioters and spectators alike, cleared the park...
Rockets, mortars and artillery rounds rained on buildings.
VERB : V n on n , V on n
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Rain down means the same as rain .
Fighter aircraft rained down high explosives...
Grenades and mortars rained down on Dubrovnik.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V P on n
5.
If you say that someone does something rain or shine , you mean that they do it regularly, without being affected by the weather or other circumstances.
Frances took her daughter walking every day, rain or shine.
PHRASE