rain : Idioms & Phrases

• noun rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water
  acid precipitation.
  

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• noun an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations
  common laburnum; Laburnum anagyroides; golden chain.
  

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• (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.

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• noun a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater
  

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• (Zoöl.), the yaffle, or green woodpecker. Prov. Eng. The name is also applied to various other birds, as to Saurothera vetula of the West Indies.

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• verb rain heavily
  pelt; rain buckets; stream; pour.
  
  • Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!

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• verb rain heavily
  pelt; rain buckets; stream; pour.
  
  • Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!

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• noun a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future
  
• noun a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain
  

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• noun a dark grey cloud bearing rain
  nimbus; nimbus cloud.
  

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• noun a ritual dance intended to bring rain
  

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• noun an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date
  
  • the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday

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• verb precipitate as rain
  rain.
  
  • If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding

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• noun a forest with heavy annual rainfall
  rainforest.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the channel-bill cuckoo (Scythrops Novæ-Hollandiæ) of Australia.

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• noun gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
  rain gage; udometer; pluviometer.
  

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• noun gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
  rain gage; udometer; pluviometer.
  

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• an instrument of various forms measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer.

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• (Zoöl.), the red-throated diver, or loon. Prov. Eng.

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• verb prevent or interrupt due to rain
  wash out.
  
  • The storm had washed out the game

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• (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.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Quail, n., 1.

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• noun an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it
  

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• noun a brief period of precipitation
  shower.
  
  • the game was interrupted by a brief shower

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• noun a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain
  

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• noun large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle
  saman; monkey pod; zamang; monkeypod; zaman; Albizia saman.
  

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• water that has fallen from the clouds in rain.

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• noun an epithet for Jupiter
  Jupiter Pluvius.
  

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• noun a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)
  

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Rain"-tight` adjective

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1. So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof.

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• noun the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain
  

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• noun a rain forest in a temperate area
  

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• noun a rain forest in a tropical area
  selva.
  

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