What does "rain" mean?
Rain: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
- 3.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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