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Noun
S:
(n)
rain
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rainfall
(water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere)
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full hyponym
part meronym
S:
(n)
raindrop
(a drop of rain)
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part holonym
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S:
(n)
precipitation
,
downfall
(the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist))
S:
(n)
fine spray
(precipitation in very small drops)
S:
(n)
hail
(precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents)
S:
(n)
rain
,
rainfall
(water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere)
S:
(n)
sleet
(partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow))
S:
(n)
snow
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snowfall
(precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals)
S:
(n)
virga
(light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity))
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
rain
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rainwater
(drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds)
S:
(n)
rain
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pelting
(anything happening rapidly or in quick successive)
"a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
Verb
S:
(v)
rain
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rain down
(precipitate as rain)
"If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"