Definition of: rain

(rān) noun
1. The condensed vapor of the atmosphere falling in drops. ♦ Collateral adjective: hyetal.
2. The fall of such drops.
3. A fall or shower of anything in the manner of rain, or the substance poured down: a rain of bombs.
4. A rainstorm; shower; in the plural, the rainy season in a tropical country; also, a rainy region of the Atlantic Ocean.
—v.i.
1. To fall from the clouds in drops of water: usually with it as the subject.
2. To fall like rain, as tears.
3. To send or pour down rain: said of clouds, God, etc.
—v.t.
4. To send down like rain; shower. ♦ Homophones: reign, rein. [OE regn]