English verb: rain down | |||
1. | rain down (weather) precipitate as rain | ||
Samples | If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding. | ||
Examples | It was rain downing all day long | ||
Synonyms | rain | ||
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 | ||