What does rain mean

Crossword clues for rain

rain

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

rain

I.noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a rain/snow storm

▪ They got caught in a terrible snow storm.

acid rain

blinding rain/snow/heat etc

▪ I struggled back to the hut through blinding rain.

Heavy rain

▪ Heavy rain has caused flooding in many areas.

it rains/snows heavily

▪ It’s been raining heavily all day.

it’s pouring with rain/it poured with rainBritish English

▪ It was pouring down with rain at three o'clock.

it’s pouring with rain/it poured with rainBritish English

▪ It was pouring down with rain at three o'clock.

pelting rain

▪ the cold wind and pelting rain

rain check

▪ ‘Care for a drink?’ ‘I’ll take a rain check, thanks.’

rain clouds

▪ The sky had been full of rain clouds for days.

rain dripped

▪ The rain dripped down his neck.

rain drop

rain forest

▪ the destruction of the rain forest

rain gauge

shower of rain

▪ a shower of rain

tropical rain forests

▪ the tropical rain forests

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

acid

▪ For example, Norwich rain has been found to be twice as acid as rain at a rural site nearby.

▪ Sulphur goes on to produce acid rain.

▪ Carbonates destroyed by the acid rain release vast quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

▪ Has no one told him about acid rain or the carcinogens in coal waste?

▪ People say that acid rain from processing plants have rotted their tin roofs.

▪ Out on the motorways cars go into the fog. Acid rain at the rattling glass.

▪ They said the reason the trees were dying was acid rain.

cold

▪ The weather had changed to cold, steady rain.

▪ It is evening, a steady cold rain is falling outside and gusts of wind rattle the shutters.

▪ Several hundred fans, already cold from intermittent rain, slept in the station overnight.

▪ A cold rain was beginning to fall, the sky to the east was very dark.

▪ In age she recollected the sensation of hot tears mixing with cold rain.

▪ He leaned up against the window and watched a cold early July rain fall, watched the trees shake.

▪ You don't see teachers out on the picket line, in the cold and the rain, have you noticed?

▪ That evening, as a cold rain began to fall, we were the last family admitted to the receiving camp.

driving

▪ The weather broke down thereafter, and in driving chill rain tempers were cooled.

▪ The darkness was so complete that no one could have seen her through the driving rain and almost instantly the house disappeared.

▪ Inside, peace reigns, even in driving rain.

▪ There was continuous driving rain, and a cold that numbed me.

▪ The air was full of driving rain as Jack climbed the hill.

▪ He took the Mascot Missile's keys from the tray in the hall and went out into the driving rain.

▪ He let go and ducked back into the driving rain.

heavy

▪ Many of the day's activities took place indoors to escape the heavy rain.

▪ But in heavy rains, when the reservoir overflows, excessive levels of metals flow into Keswick Reservoir and downstream.

▪ But when water levels rise, after heavy rain, the caves flood, bringing water into contact with the pollutants.

▪ At Scott Flat Reservoir in the Sierra foothills, heavy rain with hail.

▪ I told him that the weather was horrendous on Tiree also, with cloud and heavy rain, and getting worse.

▪ The heavy rains left puddles in the center circle and in the corners.

▪ It was believed that the accident happened as an indirect result of heavy rain and snow storms in the city.

▪ Streams can get high and swift very quickly following heavy rains.

light

▪ A light rain began to fall.

▪ The clouds were turbulent and gray, a cool, light rain still falling.

▪ I stand in a light mist of rain.

▪ As he walked along, light rain began to fall.

▪ The prohibition was lifted in some counties last week after light rain fell over much of the state.

▪ East Anglia: Patchy light rain.

▪ Dead meat with a light blood rain was everywhere: I shivered.

pouring

▪ On the other hand, driving round at night, in the pouring rain, didn't appeal either.

▪ Two glasses of wine. Pouring rain and flat grey sky outside.

▪ Then, crouching down, I peered out through the pouring rain and saw such a sight as I will never forget.

▪ Two figures stood under it in the pouring rain.

▪ Then, he mingled with people in Belfast's city centre during pouring rain and chatted with pupils of Deramore High School.

▪ Have you ever been up to Clogwyn Du'r Arddu in the pouring rain and the vilest weather?

▪ Jumbles of furniture, bedding, household objects stood in the pouring rain.

▪ Apart from the pouring rain, we had to contend with mist - luckily we were on a clear path.

torrential

▪ As El Ni o ebbs away, drought follows the torrential rain.

▪ He spent many nights sleeping in an open orchard in torrential rain until he located a small cave.

▪ During the night there was torrential rain.

▪ Six hours before our meeting began, the city was deluged with torrential rain.

▪ The weather was appalling, torrential rain, heavy winds and icy temperatures - ideal for sprinting!

▪ My mum and dad drove us to the airport in the torrential rain and wind.

▪ When the land is exposed to the harsh tropical sun and torrential rain, it quickly becomes infertile.

▪ He dropped his head into his hands. Torrential rain was quickly turning the building-site into a quagmire.

tropical

▪ The tropical rain hardly dampened the mood of the waiting crowd.

▪ Most species live in tropical rain forests.

▪ The drive is spectacular: gorges and tropical rain forests and waterfalls on every hand, but I thought only of Poppy.

▪ For the environmentally minded contractor, several lumber companies in California are now marketing ethically chopped tropical rain forest timber.

▪ That becomes only too clear if you find yourself hungry in a tropical rain forest.

▪ A deluge of tropical rain fell on us an hour later.

▪ Up to half of the tropical rain forests cut down or burned are transformed not into wasteland but into secondary forest.

■ NOUN

fall

▪ For others the clouds might gather and the rains fall, but never for Maurice and those around him.

▪ I stood in the doorway of a store during the storms we were having and watched the rain fall through the gloom.

▪ Switch to a spring dressing when rain fall drops and leaching will be less, he urges.

▪ Only on the coldest winter days or when rain falls will they move inside.

▪ He leaned up against the window and watched a cold early July rain fall, watched the trees shake.

forest

▪ Farming, then, is the biggest devourer of rain forest.

▪ Meanwhile, the felling and burning of tile Amazonian rain forest had also become a major story.

▪ The drive is spectacular: gorges and tropical rain forests and waterfalls on every hand, but I thought only of Poppy.

▪ Beyond the pristine beaches are rain forests.

▪ We want to get an idea of what's going on in the rain forest canopy.

▪ A simulated rain forest will be installed inside two climate-controlled buildings, also in the post-2006 phase.

▪ Of those that pollinate a small percentage of tropical rain forest trees, a minority feed exclusively on floral resources.

▪ As in the first pavilion, the conservatory recedes into the background and the rain forest embraces visitors.

shower

▪ I feel the wind on my face and the first drops of a summer rain shower falling on my hair.

▪ The latest rain shower had stopped, and an orange, smoky sunset came on.

▪ However, cloud conditions in Florida are expected to worsen after Friday, with low clouds and rain showers likely.

▪ A rain shower splatters so realistically, you almost feel wet.

▪ They were married between rain showers at an outdoor ceremony at the farm near Hope, N.D., Saturday night.

water

▪ If your tap water is of doubtful quality then you must be prepared to remedy the situation or use rain water instead.

▪ Only distilled water, rain water, or water from a clean aquarium should be used.

▪ Neither does it lose its sweetness by becoming diluted with rain water.

▪ No new rain water is used.

▪ The bottles you buy today contain rain water which fell up to 80 years ago.

▪ When rain water hits pyrite ore, it forms sulfuric acid, which leaches out copper and other metals.

▪ Also, the rain water has been a very weak acid because it links with carbon dioxide in the air.

▪ Whenever possible well-filtered rain water should be used.

■ VERB

pour

▪ We can buy houses, take care of babies, fight wars, drive in the pouring rain.

▪ I was 300 yards from home in a restaurant and had only used my car anyway because it was pouring with rain.

▪ In this pouring rain on a busy street corner in Paris, I watch her face go soft with recognition.

▪ As well as the wind, it poured with rain.

▪ It didn't, and by the time she did reach the village it was fully dark - and pouring with rain.

▪ It was pouring with rain now, but standing right there on the shiny Eighth Street pavement was Signe.

▪ She sketched even faster, wanting to get everything down before it began to pour with rain.

stop

▪ Nothing was stopping in the rain.

▪ Is it to stop the rain spoiling their designer hairstyles or is it because they may get damp and catch the sniffles?

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

driving rain/snow

▪ He feels like a fool in his virtual reality goggles as he trudges through the driving rain to the parked aircraft.

▪ In the face of the hard, driving snow, the stage slowed.

▪ Inside, peace reigns, even in driving rain.

▪ The air was full of driving rain as Jack climbed the hill.

▪ The darkness was so complete that no one could have seen her through the driving rain and almost instantly the house disappeared.

▪ The somber job was made more difficult by driving snow and subfreezing temperatures.

▪ There was continuous driving rain, and a cold that numbed me.

▪ They carried parasols and held them against the driving snow as they minced along in three-inch clogs.

it is pissing down (with rain)

spots of rain

▪ A few spots of rain fell on Claire.

▪ As they passed through the town of Isserre, spots of rain spat on to the windscreen.

▪ But although it was early the sky had become quite dark and he felt a few spots of rain.

▪ But most areas did avoid the rain apart from a few spots of rain over the islands.

take a rain check (on sth)

▪ I'm sorry but I'm busy on Saturday - can I take a rain check?

▪ The warning voice could go take a rain check, she thought.

torrential rain

▪ As El Ni o ebbs away, drought follows the torrential rain.

▪ Bob Weber's house south of Larimore has had water to the top of the basement since last week's torrential rains.

▪ Five target fish were nominated for the second day as the anglers struggled to overcome persistent torrential rain and buffeting winds.

▪ He spent many nights sleeping in an open orchard in torrential rain until he located a small cave.

▪ It follows torrential rain yesterday, which flooded roads, and caused chaos as hundreds of commuters were stuck in traffic jams.

▪ My mum and dad drove us to the airport in the torrential rain and wind.

▪ The weather was appalling, torrential rain, heavy winds and icy temperatures - ideal for sprinting!

▪ When the land is exposed to the harsh tropical sun and torrential rain, it quickly becomes infertile.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

▪ Four inches of rain have fallen in four days.

▪ I like walking in the rain

▪ Some light rain is likely in the Boston area.

▪ The rain was beating against the window.

▪ The coast has been battered by torrential rain all week.

▪ The roads are flooded after a period of exceptionally heavy rain.

▪ There's an 80% chance of rain.

▪ When acid rain falls, it affects the pH balance of the soil.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

▪ Between the gusts, the sound of rain on the roof and water pouring off it was continuous.

▪ However, the weather may not be so good, and rain and gales are frequent.

▪ It was peaceful, under the rain.

▪ The moist snowfall had changed into rain.

▪ The new wind brought rain, and not just showers, but a constant soaking deluge flying sometimes straight at us.

▪ The undisguised face gleamed in the rain.

II.verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

hard

▪ A bleak scene outside where it was raining hard, and he felt bleak inside.

▪ It started raining hard just then.

▪ It was raining hard now, and the wind was screaming from the back of the ship.

▪ Now it was raining hard outside, great heavy unmerciful rain slanting out of the sky like steel rods.

▪ Soon it was raining hard enough, Stephen noted dismally, to keep him off the moor for the evening.

▪ It was raining hard now, beating on the window panes, and the room was in semi-darkness.

heavily

▪ The, to add insult to injury, it started raining heavily.

▪ It had been raining heavily - and it was to go on raining heavily for another nine days.

▪ The incident occured when it was dark and raining heavily.

▪ It was a cold, windy night, and it was raining heavily.

▪ It began to rain heavily, and after a while Oliver opened his eyes.

▪ It began to rain heavily, a big storm coming down fast from the north.

▪ On my second outing with the boots I was trying to assess how watertight they were as it was raining heavily.

■ NOUN

blow

▪ She almost screamed when she felt the blows raining against it.

■ VERB

begin

▪ Paul walked about, feeling it begin to rain, not caring that the wet dripped on his suit of clothes.

▪ It began to rain in torrents when I was let off there.

▪ It had begun to rain since she came in.

▪ Rolls of thunder joined the gunfire now, like giant echoes, and it began to rain, reducing visibility.

▪ As I clicked my stopwatch at the start line it began to rain.

▪ Almost at once, the sky began to rain witnessed meteorites.

▪ In her mind was she comforting her cat-creature as the virus bombs began to rain down?

▪ It had begun to rain, a cold leaden drizzle.

start

▪ By the time John parked in Sloane Crescent the sun had vanished behind lowering cloud, and it was starting to rain.

▪ It started raining hard just then.

▪ The, to add insult to injury, it started raining heavily.

▪ We had dug in that night on perimeter, and it started raining.

▪ I put my arms over my head and pieces of glass started to rain down on me.

▪ Exactly the time the guy said fall in, it started raining.

▪ And, by now, it had started to rain.

▪ We had the window open, and it had just started to rain the lightest rain imaginable.

stop

▪ The pavements were wet when in under an hour they reached Karlovy Vary, but for the moment it had stopped raining.

▪ It seems to have stopped raining, but I open my umbrella anyway and head toward my car.

▪ It had stopped raining by the morning.

▪ In Newburgh it had stopped raining.

▪ It had stopped raining, but the sky still looked like cement.

▪ The first day at the resort, it never stopped raining.