Rain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Rain	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rain n water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere Synonym(s): rain, rainfall drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds Synonym(s): rain, rainwater anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults" Synonym(s): rain, pelting v precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" Synonym(s): rain, rain down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rain \Rain\, n. & v. Reign. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rain \Rain\, n. [OF. rein, AS. regen; akin to OFries. rein, D. & G. regen, OS. & OHG. regan, Icel., Dan., & Sw. regn, Goth. rign, and prob. to L. rigare to water, to wet; cf. Gr. [?] to wet, to rain.] Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops. Rain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very small parts ascending in the air, till, encountering the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops. --Ray. Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain. --Milton. Note: Rain is distinguished from mist by the size of the drops, which are distinctly visible. When water falls in very small drops or particles, it is called mist; and fog is composed of particles so fine as to be not only individually indistinguishable, but to float or be suspended in the air. See {Fog}, and {Mist}. {Rain band} (Meteorol.), a dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions. {Rain bird} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.] The name is also applied to various other birds, as to {Saurothera vetula} of the West Indies. {Rain fowl} (Zo[94]l.), the channel-bill cuckoo ({Scythrops Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) of Australia. {Rain gauge}, an instrument of various forms measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer. {Rain goose} (Zo[94]l.), the red-throated diver, or loon. [Prov. Eng.] {Rain prints} (Geol.), markings on the surfaces of stratified rocks, presenting an appearance similar to those made by rain on mud and sand, and believed to have been so produced. {Rain quail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Quail}, n., 1. {Rain water}, water that has fallen from the clouds in rain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rain \Rain\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raining}.] [AS. regnian, akin to G. regnen, Goth. rignjan. See {Rain}, n.] 1. To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains. The rain it raineth every day. --Shak. 2. To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rain \Rain\, v. t. 1. To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds. Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. --Ex. xvi. 4. 2. To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rain There are three Hebrew words used to denote the rains of different seasons, (1.) Yoreh (Hos. 6:3), or moreh (Joel 2:23), denoting the former or the early rain. (2.) Melqosh, the "latter rain" (Prov. 16:15). (3.) Geshem, the winter rain, "the rains." The heavy winter rain is mentioned in Gen. 7:12; Ezra 10:9; Cant. 2:11. The "early" or "former" rains commence in autumn in the latter part of October or beginning of November (Deut. 11:14; Joel 2:23; comp. Jer. 3:3), and continue to fall heavily for two months. Then the heavy "winter rains" fall from the middle of December to March. There is no prolonged fair weather in Palestine between October and March. The "latter" or spring rains fall in March and April, and serve to swell the grain then coming to maturity (Deut. 11:14; Hos. 6:3). After this there is ordinarily no rain, the sky being bright and cloudless till October or November. Rain is referred to symbolically in Deut. 32:2; Ps. 72:6; Isa. 44:3, 4; Hos. 10:12.