rain

1. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere (synset 111521799)
   is a type of: downfall, precipitation - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
   subtypes:

   • 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
   has: raindrop - a drop of rain
   same as: rainfall
2. Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds (synset 115033174)
   is a type of: fresh water, freshwater - water that is not salty
   same as: rainwater
3. Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive (synset 105052359)
   "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
   is a type of: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness - a following of one thing after another in time
   same as: pelting

1. Precipitate as rain (synset 202762516)
   "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
   is a type of: come down, fall, precipitate - fall from clouds
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: rain down

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