rain

rain
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. shower, precipitation, rainstorm, downpour. —v. shower, pour, drizzle; bestow, lavish, shower upon. See water.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Water falling in drops]
Syn. drizzle, mist, sprinkle, sprinkling, rainfall, shower, precipitation, wet weather, downpour, torrent, pouring rain, driving rain, damp day, spring rain, cat-and-dog weather*, liquid sunshine*, mizzle*, Scotch mist*.
2. [A rainstorm]
Syn. thunderstorm, thundershower, tempest, cloudburst; see storm 1 .
v.
Syn. pour, drizzle, drop, fall, shower, sprinkle, precipitate, mist, mizzle*, come down, teem, spit, set in, lay the dust, patter, rain cats and dogs*, come down in buckets*, rain pitchforks*; see also storm .
modif.
Syn. without fail, regardless, whatever may happen; see inevitable , regular 1 , 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
precipitation, rainfall, mist, drizzle, mizzle, sprinkle, spit, shower, cloudburst, downpour, squall, thundershower, *gully washer, deluge, drencher, *cats and dogs, torrent, *rain of biblical proportion, sleet, hail.
WORD FIND
• moisture content of air: humidity
• precipitation, all types of: hydrometeors
• rain and evaporation cycle: hydrologic cycle
• rain driven by wind: scud
• study of: hyetography
• sudden heavy rain: spate
• temperature at which moisture condenses into rain: dewpoint
see cloud, fog, snow
II
v.
precipitate, fall, pour, drop, sprinkle, shower, spit, mist, *come down in buckets, drizzle, weep, *rain pitchforks.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To give in great abundance: heap, lavish, shower. See BIG, GIVE.

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