often attributive
rained; raining; rains
1
: to send down rain
2
: to fall as water in drops from the clouds
3
: to fall like rain
soot and ash rained down
Examples of rain in a Sentence
Noun
The weatherman forecasts rain for this afternoon.
Everyone went inside when the rain began to fall.
What the garden needs is a good, soaking rain.
A light rain began to fall.
There has been some flooding due to the recent heavy rains.
We've had a week of rain.
The rains came and flooded the valley.
Verb
Sparks from the fireworks rained on the field.
The volcano rained ashes on the city.
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Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Timely rains in 2024 fell prior to the survey being conducted, which contributed to the elevated pond counts last year.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
The level of competition would make a 4-0 more meaningful compared to last year's perfect start, but Jon Sumrall and Tulane would like nothing more than to rain on their parade in Mississippi.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Other states affected by heavy rains include Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir in the north of the country and Telangana in the south.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Timely rains in 2024 fell prior to the survey being conducted, which contributed to the elevated pond counts last year.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
While things got too close for comfort at times, the Hurricanes played through raining conditions and a sputtering offensive performance to dispatch the Florida Gators 26-7.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
The level of competition would make a 4-0 more meaningful compared to last year's perfect start, but Jon Sumrall and Tulane would like nothing more than to rain on their parade in Mississippi.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Rain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rain. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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rain
2 of 2 verb1
: to fall as water in drops from the clouds
2
: to send down rain
3
: to fall like rain
ashes rained from the volcano
4
: to give in large amounts
rained blows on each other
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