rain
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(verb) precipitate as rain; "It's raining cats and dogs" |
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Synonyms: rain down |
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Related Words: come down, drizzle, fall, mizzle, patter, pelt, pitter-patter, pour, precipitate, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, shower, shower down, spatter, spit, sprinkle, stream |
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| 2. |
(noun) anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults" |
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Synonyms: pelting |
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Related Words: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness |
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(noun) water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere |
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Synonyms: rainfall |
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Related Words: cloudburst, deluge, downfall, downpour, drizzle, mizzle, monsoon, precipitation, rain shower, shower, soaker, torrent, waterspout |
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| 4. |
(noun) drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds |
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Synonyms: rainwater |
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Related Words: fresh water |
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