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 | ||