What does RAIN mean?
Definitions for RAIN
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word RAIN.
Princeton's WordNet
rain, rainfallnoun
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
rain, rainwaternoun
drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
rain, peltingverb
anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
"a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
rain, rain downverb
precipitate as rain
"If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
Wiktionary
rainnoun
Condensed water falling from a cloud.
rainnoun
Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
rainnoun
An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
rainverb
To have rain fall from the sky.
It will rain today.
rainverb
To fall in large quantities.
Bombs rained from the sky.
rainverb
To issue (something) in large quantities.
The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
Etymology: reyn, rein, from regn, from regnaz (compare West Frisian rein, Dutch regen, German Regen, Danish regn), from pre-Germanic -, from Hreǵ 'to flow' (cf. Latin rigo, Lithuanian rõki 'drizzling rain', Albanian rrjedh 'to flow, drip').
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Rainnoun
The moisture that falls from the clouds.
Etymology: ren , Saxon.
When shall we three meet again;
In thunder, lightning, or in rain. William Shakespeare.With strange rains, hails, and showers were they persecuted. Wisdom xvi. 16.
The lost clouds pour
Into the sea an useless show’r,
And the vext sailors curse the rain,
For which poor farmers pray’d in vain. Edmund Waller.Rain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very small parts ascending in the air, till encountering the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops. John Ray.
To Rainverb
To pour down as rain.
It rain’d down fortune, show’ring on your head. William Shakespeare.
Rain sacrificial whisp’rings in his ear,
Make sacred even his stirrop. William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens.Israel here had famish’d, had not God
Rain’d from heav’n manna. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii.To RAINverb
Etymology: renian , Saxon; regenen, Dutch.
Like a low-hung cloud, it rains so fast,
That all at once it falls. John Dryden, Knight’s Tale.The wind is South-West, and the weather lowring, and like to rain. John Locke.
The eye marvelleth at the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it. Ecclus. xliii. 18.
They sat them down to weep; nor only tears
Rain’d at their eyes, but high winds rose within. John Milton.That which serves for gain,
And follows but for form,
Will pack when it begins to rain,
And leave thee in the storm. William Shakespeare, King Lear.
Wikipedia
Rain
Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water for hydroelectric power plants, crop irrigation, and suitable conditions for many types of ecosystems. The major cause of rain production is moisture moving along three-dimensional zones of temperature and moisture contrasts known as weather fronts. If enough moisture and upward motion is present, precipitation falls from convective clouds (those with strong upward vertical motion) such as cumulonimbus (thunder clouds) which can organize into narrow rainbands. In mountainous areas, heavy precipitation is possible where upslope flow is maximized within windward sides of the terrain at elevation which forces moist air to condense and fall out as rainfall along the sides of mountains. On the leeward side of mountains, desert climates can exist due to the dry air caused by downslope flow which causes heating and drying of the air mass. The movement of the monsoon trough, or intertropical convergence zone, brings rainy seasons to savannah climes. The urban heat island effect leads to increased rainfall, both in amounts and intensity, downwind of cities. Global warming is also causing changes in the precipitation pattern globally, including wetter conditions across eastern North America and drier conditions in the tropics. Antarctica is the driest continent. The globally averaged annual precipitation over land is 715 mm (28.1 in), but over the whole Earth it is much higher at 990 mm (39 in). Climate classification systems such as the Köppen classification system use average annual rainfall to help differentiate between differing climate regimes. Rainfall is measured using rain gauges. Rainfall amounts can be estimated by weather radar. Rain is also known or suspected on other planets, where it may be composed of methane, neon, sulfuric acid, or even iron rather than water.
ChatGPT
rain
Rain is a type of precipitation that occurs when water droplets fall from the atmosphere and reach the Earth's surface. It is a natural process that plays a crucial role in the water cycle and helps to distribute water throughout the planet. Rain typically forms when warm air rises, cools and condenses into clouds, and then precipitates as droplets due to gravity. It is an essential source of freshwater for plants, animals, and human beings, and is essential for the growth and survival of ecosystems.
Webster Dictionary
Rain
reign
Rainnoun
water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops
Rainnoun
to fall in drops from the clouds, as water; -- used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains
Rainnoun
to fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes
Rainverb
to pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds
Rainverb
to bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person
Etymology: [OE. rein, AS. regen; akin to OFries. rein, D. & G. regen, OS. & OHG. regan, Icel., Dan., & Sw. regn, Goth. rign, and prob. to L. rigare to water, to wet; cf. Gr. bre`chein to wet, to rain.]
Wikidata
Rain
Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then precipitated—that is, become heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides suitable conditions for many types of ecosystem, as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation. The major cause of rain production is moisture moving along three-dimensional zones of temperature and moisture contrasts known as weather fronts. If enough moisture and upward motion is present, precipitation falls from convective clouds such as cumulonimbus which can organize into narrow rainbands. In mountainous areas, heavy precipitation is possible where upslope flow is maximized within windward sides of the terrain at elevation which forces moist air to condense and fall out as rainfall along the sides of mountains. On the leeward side of mountains, desert climates can exist due to the dry air caused by downslope flow which causes heating and drying of the air mass. The movement of the monsoon trough, or intertropical convergence zone, brings rainy seasons to savannah climes.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rain
rān, n. water from the clouds in drops: a shower: a fall of any substance through the atmosphere in the manner of rain.—v.i. to fall from the clouds: to drop like rain.—v.t. to pour like rain.—ns. Rain′band, a dark band in the solar spectrum; Rain′-bird, a bird, like the Rain′-crow, supposed to foretell rain by its cries and actions; Rain′bow, the brilliant-coloured bow or arch seen when rain is falling opposite the sun, called lunar rainbow when formed by the moon; Rain′bow-dart′er, the soldier-fish.—adjs. Rain′bowed, formed with, or like, a rainbow; Rain′bow-tint′ed, having tints like those of a rainbow: iridescent.—ns. Rain′bow-trout, a variety of the Californian salmon; Rain′-cham′ber, an attachment to a furnace in which the fumes of any metal are condensed; Rain′-chart, -map, a chart giving information as to the distribution of rain in any part of the world; Rain′-cloud, a cloud in meteorology called nimbus; Rain′drop, a drop of rain; Rain′fall, a fall of rain: the amount of water that falls in a given time in the form of rain; Rain′-gauge, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain that falls; Rain′iness, the state of being rainy.—adj. Rain′less, without rain.—ns. Rain′-mak′er, -doc′tor, a sorcerer, as those of Africa, professing to bring rain; Rain′-pour, a heavy rainfall; Rain′-print, one of the small pits seen on the surfaces of some argillaceous rocks, and believed to be the impressions of raindrops.—adjs. Rain′-proof, -tight, impervious to rain.—ns. Rain′storm; Rain′-tree, the genisaro of South America; Rain′-wa′ter, water which falls in rain from the clouds.—adj. Rain′y, abounding with rain: showery.—Rain cats and dogs (see Cat).—A rainy day (fig.), a time of need or hardship: future want or need; The former and the latter rain, Palestine, the rain in spring and in autumn: rain in its season. [A.S. regn, rén, rain; Dut. and Ger. regen, Ice. regn.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Rain
Water particles that fall from the ATMOSPHERE.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
rain
A town of Bavaria, 22 miles north from Augsburg, where the Austrian general Tilly received his mortal wound in 1632.
Editors Contribution
rain
A form of liquid water.
Rain is vital to grow plants.
Submitted by MaryC on January 13, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
RAIN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rain is ranked #26630 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Rain surname appeared 915 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rain.
74.6% or 683 total occurrences were White.
8.7% or 80 total occurrences were Asian.
6% or 55 total occurrences were Black.
5.4% or 50 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
3.1% or 29 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.9% or 18 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'RAIN' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1720
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'RAIN' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1588
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'RAIN' in Nouns Frequency: #736
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'RAIN' in Verbs Frequency: #904
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Anagrams for RAIN »
Arin
ARIN
arni
Iran
NIRA
rani
Rian
RNAi
nair
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of RAIN in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of RAIN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of RAIN in a Sentence
Low-minded men are occupied solely with their own affairs, but noble-minded men take special interest in the affairs of others. The submarine fire drinks up the ocean, to fill its insatiable interior; the rain-cloud, that it may relieve the drought of the earth, burnt up by the hot season.
The storm will weaken but we expect more rain, particularly in southern Taiwan.
Any candidate claiming victory based on partial results is dishonoring the voices of hundreds of thousands of voters who, in good faith, turned in absentee ballots or stood in long lines late into the night in the pouring rain to make their voices heard, dismissing or ignoring valid ballots from these voters is an audacious affront to the entire voting rights movement and takes a page straight from the voter suppression playbook championed by Republicans like( Governor) Brian Kemp and State Brad Raffensperger.
The three things that create a lot of rain are moisture, lift and instability [ in the atmosphere ]. We have two of these with tropical weather and the third is the lift — provided by the mountains in this case, on the slopes that are facing the oncoming winds directly — which is a very local effect — can create localized areas of heavier rain.
We are on the edge, if we get more rain, we will start to develop disease and as soon as that happens, you will not be able to harvest the fruit.
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- تمطرArabic
- déšťCzech
- regnDanish
- regenGerman
- βροχήGreek
- pluvoEsperanto
- lluviaSpanish
- بارانPersian
- sadeFinnish
- pluieFrench
- báisteachIrish
- बारिHindi
- esőHungarian
- hujanIndonesian
- pioggiaItalian
- גשםHebrew
- 雨Japanese
- ಮಳೆKannada
- 비Korean
- rainLatin
- regenDutch
- regnNorwegian
- deszczPolish
- chuvaPortuguese
- ploaieRomanian
- regnSwedish
- மழைTamil
- వర్షంTelugu
- ฝนThai
- yağmurTurkish
- дощUkrainian
- بارشUrdu
- mưaVietnamese
- רעגןYiddish
- 雨Chinese
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