Rain | Mean of rain in English Dictionary

/ˈreɪn/

• Noun
• water that falls in drops from clouds in the sky
1. The weatherman forecasts rain for this afternoon.
2. We could hear the sound of (the) rain on the roof.
3. Everyone went inside when the rain began to fall.
4. He was standing outside in the pouring rain. [=rain falling in large drops and with a lot of force]
5. Take an umbrella with you. It looks like rain. [=the sky looks the way it does when there is going to be rain]
6. spring/summer rains
7. What the garden needs is a good, soaking rain.
8. A light/heavy rain began to fall.
9. There has been some flooding due to the recent heavy rains.
• weather in which there is a lot of rain
1. We've had a week of rain.
• large amounts of rain that fall at a particular time of year
1. The rains came and flooded the valley.

• a large amount of something falling from above
1. a rain of ash/ashes
• Verb
• to fall from above in large amounts
1. Ashes rained (down) from the volcano.
2. Sparks from the fireworks rained on the field.
• to cause (something) to fall in large amounts
1. The volcano rained ashes on the city.
2. The boxers rained blows/punches on each other. [=the boxers hit each other many times]
• to be canceled because of rain
1. Today's game was rained out and will be played tomorrow instead.
• to rain very hard
• to spoil someone's pleasure
1. I don't mean to rain on your parade, but I have some bad news.