- 1[intransitive] when it rains, water falls from the sky in drops Is it raining? It had been raining hard all night. It hardly rained at all last summer. It started to rain.
- 2[intransitive, transitive] to fall or to make something fall on someone or something in large quantities rain (down) (on somebody/something) Bombs rained (down) on the city's streets. Falling debris rained on us from above. He covered his face as the blows rained down on him (= he was hit repeatedly). rain something (down) (on somebody/something) The volcano erupted, raining hot ash over a wide area. Idioms
rain
verbNAmE//reɪn//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they rain he / she / it rains
past simple rained
-ing form raining
to be raining heavily
to spoil something for someone
used to say that when one bad thing happens to you, other bad things happen soon after Phrasal Verbsbe rained out
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