rain : Idioms & Phrases


acid rain

  • noun rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water
    acid precipitation.
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golden rain

  • noun an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations
    common laburnum; Laburnum anagyroides; golden chain.
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Rain band

  • (Meteorol.), a dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions.
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rain barrel

  • noun a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater
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Rain bird

  • (Zoöl.), the yaffle, or green woodpecker. Prov. Eng. The name is also applied to various other birds, as to Saurothera vetula of the West Indies.
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rain buckets

  • verb rain heavily
    pelt; rain buckets; stream; pour.
    • Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
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rain cats and dogs

  • verb rain heavily
    pelt; rain buckets; stream; pour.
    • Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
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rain check

  • noun a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future
  • noun a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain
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rain cloud

  • noun a dark grey cloud bearing rain
    nimbus; nimbus cloud.
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rain dance

  • noun a ritual dance intended to bring rain
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rain date

  • noun an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date
    • the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday
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rain down

  • verb precipitate as rain
    rain.
    • If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding
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rain forest

  • noun a forest with heavy annual rainfall
    rainforest.
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Rain fowl

  • (Zoöl.), the channel-bill cuckoo (Scythrops Novæ-Hollandiæ) of Australia.
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rain gage

  • noun gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
    rain gage; udometer; pluviometer.
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Rain gauge

  • noun gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
    rain gage; udometer; pluviometer.
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  • an instrument of various forms measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer.
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Rain goose

  • (Zoöl.), the red-throated diver, or loon. Prov. Eng.
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rain out

  • verb prevent or interrupt due to rain
    wash out.
    • The storm had washed out the game
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Rain prints

  • (Geol.), markings on the surfaces of stratified rocks, presenting an appearance similar to those made by rain on mud and sand, and believed to have been so produced.
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Rain quail

  • . (Zoöl.) See Quail, n., 1.
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rain shadow

  • noun an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it
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rain shower

  • noun a brief period of precipitation
    shower.
    • the game was interrupted by a brief shower
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rain stick

  • noun a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain
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rain tree

  • noun large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle
    saman; monkey pod; zamang; monkeypod; zaman; Albizia saman.
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Rain water

  • water that has fallen from the clouds in rain.
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rain-giver

  • noun an epithet for Jupiter
    Jupiter Pluvius.
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rain-in-the-face

  • noun a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)
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rain-tight

Rain"-tight` adjective
Definitions
  1. So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof.
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rain-wash

  • noun the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain
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Screech rain

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temperate rain forest

  • noun a rain forest in a temperate area
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tropical rain forest

  • noun a rain forest in a tropical area
    selva.
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