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English
Etymology
Old English reġn
Pronunciation
- enPR: rān, IPA: /reɪn/, SAMPA: /reIn/
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- Rhymes: -eɪn
- Homophones: reign, rein
Noun
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Singular rain |
Plural usually uncountable; plural rains |
rain (usually uncountable; plural rains)
- Condensed water falling from a cloud.
- We've been having a lot of rain lately.
- The rains came late that year.
- (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
- (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
- A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
Usage notes
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun rain
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Verb
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Infinitive to rain |
Third person singular rains |
Simple past rained |
Past participle rained |
Present participle raining |
to rain (third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained)
- (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
- It will rain today.
- (intransitive) To fall in large quantities.
- Bombs rained from the sky.
- (transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.
- The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
Derived terms
Terms derived from the verb to rain
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Translations
of rain: to fall from the sky
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See also
Anagrams
Japanese
Noun
rain (hiragana らいん)
- ライン: line
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Rain seeped in through the windows: How do you get water out of carpets?
Q. I have roughly a 2 x 3 ft area in my living room carpet that got wet during some severe thunderstorms last week (rain actually seeped in through the shut windows). Anyways, how do I get this water out of my carpet? I tried just using paper towels to soak up the water and have gone through an entire roll on one spot, and it's still wet!! (dryer than before, but still wet). Is there a quick fix household remedy? I'll totally appreciate it! Please let me know!
Asked by riddler - Tue Aug 28 17:32:26 2007 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments
A. if you have a wet/dry vac use it. also bring fans into the room. You are running the risk of mold. your best solution might be to pull up the carpet just in that area so that your sub floor can dry out as well. you may have to rent a knee kicker to get the carpet back down, but please pull back the carpet and padding in this area so that it can air dry. this will take a couple of days, but once it's over your carpet, padding and sub floor should be fine.
Answered by Candi G - Tue Aug 28 17:40:59 2007
Q. I have roughly a 2 x 3 ft area in my living room carpet that got wet during some severe thunderstorms last week (rain actually seeped in through the shut windows). Anyways, how do I get this water out of my carpet? I tried just using paper towels to soak up the water and have gone through an entire roll on one spot, and it's still wet!! (dryer than before, but still wet). Is there a quick fix household remedy? I'll totally appreciate it! Please let me know!
Asked by riddler - Tue Aug 28 17:32:26 2007 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments
A. if you have a wet/dry vac use it. also bring fans into the room. You are running the risk of mold. your best solution might be to pull up the carpet just in that area so that your sub floor can dry out as well. you may have to rent a knee kicker to get the carpet back down, but please pull back the carpet and padding in this area so that it can air dry. this will take a couple of days, but once it's over your carpet, padding and sub floor should be fine.
Answered by Candi G - Tue Aug 28 17:40:59 2007
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