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rain
1 rain 2 no rain 3 getting wet in the rain see also SNOW, WEATHER
1 rain - water that falls from the sky: rain (noun U); verb: rain It looks like rain again today. ◎ a long period of rain ◎ Is it still raining? ◎ It hardly ever rains in my country. - to come down from the sky: fall* The rain was falling steadily. - when rain falls slowly off sth like the roof of a building or the leaves of a tree, it drips The rain was dripping down the back of my neck. - one small piece of rain: raindrop - a white or grey mass of water in the sky which rain can fall from: cloud (noun C/U) ※ more on clouds SKY - if it is raining, the weather is wet a wet day ◎ a wet summer - a period when it rains is rainy a rainy day ◎ the rainy season - a short period of rain: shower; when there are showers, the weather is showery - the amount of rain that falls in a certain place within a certain period (for example, a year): rainfall (noun U) the average annual rainfall in Brazil - water that has fallen as rain: rainwater (noun U) - a small pool of rainwater on the ground: puddle - a mixture of earth and water on the ground: mud (noun U); after it has been raining the ground may be muddy ※ just a little rain - just a little rain: light rain; light rain with a lot of small drops: drizzle (noun U); verb: drizzle 'Is it still raining?' 'Not really, just drizzling.' - a very little rain: a spot of rain I just felt a few spots of rain. ※ a lot of rain - a lot of rain: heavy rain; very heavy rain: torrential rain; hard rain with a strong wind: driving rain - to rain a lot: rain hard/heavily, pour (with rain), pour down It started to rain heavily and we were soon absolutely soaked. ◎ We can't go out now - it's pouring! - a very heavy shower of rain: downpour - a period of heavy rain and strong wind: storm; adjective: stormy stormy weather - (especially after heavy rain) a large amount of water that covers an area that is normally dry: flood Heavy rain has caused floods in low-lying areas. ※ more on storms STORM ※ when it is very cold - cold rain that is similar to snow: sleet (noun U); verb: sleet - hard frozen rain that falls as small pieces of ice: hail (noun U); verb: hail; a heavy shower of hail: hailstorm; a piece of hail: hailstone
2 no rain - when the rain finishes, it stops raining - when it is not raining, it is dry If it's dry tomorrow we can do some gardening. - a long period without enough rain: drought (noun C/U) - a very dry area where it hardly ever rains: desert (noun C/U) the Sahara Desert ◎ Much of the land is desert.
3 getting wet in the rain - when you get very wet in the rain, you get soaked (to the skin), drenched, soaking wet - to get away from the rain: shelter (from the rain), take* shelter - clothes, watches, etc which are made so that it does not matter if they get wet are waterproof a waterproof watch/jacket ※ coats that you wear in the rain COAT ※ MORE ... - a coloured arc of light that sometimes appears in the sky when it is raining lightly: a rainbow - the very heavy rain that falls in tropical countries at certain times of the year: the monsoon, the rains
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