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as in rainfall
a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity the rain continued for most of the day

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as in hail
a heavy fall of objects the Norman invaders fled when the castle's defenders threw a rain of stones down upon them

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verb

1
as in to pour
to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds it started raining early this morning and hasn't let up since

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as in to lavish
to give readily and in large quantities she rained praise upon her graduating students the squadron rained bombs on the enemy's fortifications

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Recent Examples of rain
Noun
What to do in the rain on the road? Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025 Saturday afternoon rain chance is 70%, according to the National Weather Service in Miami. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
As boos rained down from the Philly crowd and Carter trudged to the locker-room, TV cameras showed Carter appearing to spit at Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025 Is it expected to rain in Grand Rapids? Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rain
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Noun
  • During periods of intense rainfall, the risk of flooding increases, particularly in low-lying and flood-prone areas.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Be mindful of weather patterns and plan to water containers every other day or so, depending on rainfall and temperatures.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Saturday afternoon and evening, warning of storms with heavy rain, small hail, and wind gusts up to 40 mph in parts of north-central Colorado.
    Marco Cummings, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These artists pour years of work and risk into their craft.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • To clean your stainless steel pan after a night of cooking, simply pour off the excess grease or oil, then clean the pan with warm water and dish soap, using a sponge (our favorite is this Skura style sponge), moving in a continuous circular motion across the cooking surface.
    Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An ancillary of the brand’s best-selling, ambery-woody eau, each aluminum tube contains a quick-absorbing lotion that lavishes skin with moisture, keeping hands feeling comfortable and cuticles softened with its moisturizing blend of avocado oil, shea butter, plus green tea and chamomile extracts.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • And yet part of the quarterback’s allure is that, for all the worship lavished on those in the position, there is still a mystery about them.
    Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The next name on the storm list for eastern Pacific systems is Mario.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • While snowfall totals may not meet the threshold for a full storm warning, the advisory signals conditions likely to cause significant travel disruptions, especially during peak commute hours.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This coalesces and makes sense of the barrage of assaults designed to undermine Americans’ trust in our country, our Constitution and all the principles upon which it was built.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • When Lauryn Licari and Owen McKenny finally learned who was behind the barrage of incessant, cruel texts that broke them up and created mass paranoia at their small Midwestern school, the truth was almost too impossible to believe.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Hortmans’ assassination received a flurry of coverage over the strange circumstances under which it was carried out, with pictures of Boelter in his silicone mask initially flooding social media.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The United States is flooded with nearly half a billion guns, and the stockpile does not vanish just because the murder rate dips.
    John J. Donohue, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This willingness of the AI to heap praise and act as a sycophant has worrying consequences for the populace as a whole.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The incident heaped pressure on Merkel and her migration policies.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Rain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rain. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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