rain
Noun
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Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere (synset 111521799)
hypernym: downfall, precipitation - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)hyponym:
- monsoon - any wind that changes direction with the seasons
- rainstorm - a storm with rain
- cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout - a heavy rain
- drizzle, mizzle - very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
- rain shower, shower - a brief period of precipitation
part holonym: raindrop - a drop of rainsynonym: rainfall -
Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds (synset 115033174)
hypernym: fresh water, freshwater - water that is not saltysynonym: rainwater
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Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive (synset 105052359)
hypernym: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness - a following of one thing after another in timesynonym: pelting
Verb
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Precipitate as rain (synset 202762516)
hyponym:
- drizzle, mizzle - rain lightly
- shower, shower down - rain abundantly
- patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinkle - rain gently
- pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream - rain heavily
synonym: rain down
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