noun
- Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
- synonyms: rainfall
- Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds.
- synonyms: rainwater
- Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive.
- usage: "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
- synonyms: pelting
verb
- Precipitate as rain.
- usage: "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
- synonyms: rain down
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