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present participle of rain
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1
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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2
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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