to rain

Definition of to rain in English English dictionary: To fall in large quantities
Bombs rained from the sky.; To have rain fall from the sky
It will rain today.; To issue (something) in large quantities
The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.; develops when growing cloud droplets become too heavy to remain in the cloud and as a result, fall toward the earth as rain An inch of rain is equal to a few hours of heavy rain A hundredth of an inch of rain is equal to a few hours of light drizzle; Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops; There are three Hebrew words used to denote the rains of different seasons, (1 ) Yoreh (Hos 6: 3), or moreh (Joel 2: 23), denoting the former or the early rain (2 ) Melqosh, the "latter rain" (Prov 16: 15) (3 ) Geshem, the winter rain, "the rains " The heavy winter rain is mentioned in Gen 7: 12; Ezra 10: 9; Cant 2: 11 The "early" or "former" rains commence in autumn in the latter part of October or beginning of November (Deut 11: 14; Joel 2: 23; comp Jer 3: 3), and continue to fall heavily for two months Then the heavy "winter rains" fall from the middle of December to March There is no prolonged fair weather in Palestine between October and March The "latter" or spring rains fall in March and April, and serve to swell the grain then coming to maturity (Deut 11: 14; Hos 6: 3) After this there is ordinarily no rain, the sky being bright and cloudless till October or November; precipitation that falls to the ground in the form of a liquid; Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops; water drops which fall to the earth from the air; To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person; Condensed water falling from a cloud; water vapor of the atmosphere falling in drops; water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere; 02 in. (0.5 mm). When the drops are smaller, the precipitation is usually called drizzle. Raindrops may form by the coalescence of colliding small water droplets or from the melting of snowflakes and other ice particles as they fall into warm air near the ground. Hawaii's Mount Waialeale, with a 20-year annual average of 460 in. (11,700 mm), is the Earth's wettest known point; the driest areas are in parts of deserts where no appreciable rain has ever been observed. Less than 10 in. (250 mm) and more than 60 in. (1,500 mm) per year represent approximate extremes of rainfall for all the continents; Individual drops easily identified, puddles form slowly, small streams may flow in gutters; Rain is water that falls from the clouds in small drops. I hope you didn't get soaked standing out in the rain; Extended period of precipitation Associated with large storm systems rather than single clouds or thunder storms; In countries where rain only falls in certain seasons, this rain is referred to as the rains. the spring, when the rains came; Liquid water droplets that fall from the atmosphere, having diameters greater than drizzle (0 5 mm); drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds; Falling drops of water larger than 0 02 inches in diameter In forecasts, "rain" usually implies that the rain will fall steadily over a period of time See "showers" below; Liquid precipitation; separate drops of water that fall to the Earth's surface from clouds The drops are formed by the accumulation of droplets that condense from water vapour around dust particles Rain can form in three main ways (frontal rainfall, orographic rainfall, and convectional rainfall ); When rain falls, you can say that it is raining. It was raining hard, and she hadn't an umbrella; anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults" water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding; If you say that someone does something rain or shine, you mean that they do it regularly, without being affected by the weather or other circumstances. Frances took her daughter walking every day, rain or shine. Precipitation of liquid water drops with diameters greater than; If someone rains blows, kicks, or bombs on a person or place, the person or place is attacked by many blows, kicks, or bombs. You can also say that blows, kicks, or bombs rain on a person or place. The police, raining blows on rioters and spectators alike, cleared the park Rockets, mortars and artillery rounds rained on buildings. Rain down means the same as rain. Fighter aircraft rained down high explosives Grenades and mortars rained down on Dubrovnik; precipitation that falls to earth in droplets with diameters greater than 0 5 mm; To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds; To rain cats and dogs In northern mythology the cat is supposed to have great influence on the weather, and English sailors still say, “The cat has a gale of wind in her tail,” when she is unusually frisky Witches that rode upon the storms were said to assume the form of cats; and the stormy north-west wind is called the cat's-nose in the Harz even at the present day The dog is a signal of wind, like the wolf, both which animals were attendants of Odin, the storm-god In old German pictures the wind is figured as the “head of a dog or wolf,” from which blasts issue The cat therefore symbolises the down-pouring rain, and the dog the strong gusts of wind which accompany a rainstorm; and a “rain of cats and dogs” is a heavy rain with wind (See Cat and Dog ) The French catadoupe or catadupe means a waterfall; Precipitation composed of liquid water drops more than 0 5 mm in diameter, failing in relatively straight, but not necessarily vertical, paths Compare to drizzle; {f} shower, release water droplets during stormy weather; give or offer in great quantities; water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding; anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"; Is any liquid deposit that falls from the atmosphere to the surface and has a diameter greater than 0 5 millimeters Form of precipitation; {i} water droplets which fall from clouds during stormy weather; Liquid water droplets that fall from the atmosphere, having diameters greater than drizzle; Reign; Water falling to earth in drops that have been condensed from moisture in the atmosphere Generally larger than 0 02 inches (0 05 cm) in diameter and which fall in still air at velocities usually greater than 10 feet (3 0 meters) per second; To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes; Precipitation in the form of liquid water droplets greater than 0 5 mm If widely scattered, the drop size may be smaller It is reported as "R" in an observation and on the METAR The intensity of rain is based on rate of fall "Very light" (R--) means that the scattered drops do not completely wet a surface "Light" (R-) means it is greater than a trace and up to 0 10 inch an hour "Moderate" (R) means the rate of fall is between 0 11 to 0 30 inch per hour "Heavy" (R+) means over 0 30 inch per hour; Water that condenses from vapor in the atmosphere and falls to the Earth as drops; Precipitation in the form of liquid drops the diameter of which must be 5 millimeters or greater Implies a steady precipitation that might last for several hours; An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air; precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"; water drops large enough to cause splashes and ripples in puddles; precipitation in the form of millimetric sized water droplets (as distinct from drizzle); To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains; water falling as drops from the sky, as in: The game had to be canceled because of rain; condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling in seperate drops