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English noun: rain | |||
| 1. | rain (phenomenon) water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere | ||
| Synonyms | rainfall | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | downfall, precipitation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cloudburst, deluge, downpour, drizzle, mizzle, monsoon, pelter, rain shower, rainstorm, shower, soaker, torrent, waterspout | ||
| Part holonym | raindrop | ||
| 2. | rain (substance) drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds | ||
| Synonyms | rainwater | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fresh water, freshwater | ||
| 3. | rain (attribute) anything happening rapidly or in quick successive | ||
| Samples | A rain of bullets. A pelting of insults. | ||
| Synonyms | pelting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness | ||
English verb: rain | |||
| 1. | rain (weather) precipitate as rain | ||
| Samples | If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding. | ||
| Examples | It was raining all day long | ||
| Synonyms | rain down | ||
| Pattern of use | It is ----ing. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come down, fall, precipitate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drizzle, mizzle, patter, pelt, pitter-patter, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, shower, shower down, spatter, spit, sprinkle, stream | ||
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