[reyn] 
| 1. | water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 in. (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def. 6). |
| 2. | a rainfall, rainstorm, or shower: We had a light rain this afternoon. |
| 3. | rains, the rainy season; seasonal rainfall, as in India. |
| 4. | weather marked by steady or frequent rainfall: We had rain most of last summer. |
| 5. | a heavy and continuous descent or inflicting of anything: a rain of blows; a rain of vituperation. |
| 6. | (of rain) to fall (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It rained all night. |
| 7. | to fall like rain: Tears rained from their eyes. |
| 8. | to send down rain: The lightning flashed and the sky rained on us in torrents. |
| 9. | to send down in great quantities, as small pieces or objects: People on rooftops rained confetti on the parade. |
| 10. | to offer, bestow, or give in great quantity: to rain favors upon a person. |
| 11. | to deal, hurl, fire, etc., repeatedly: to rain blows on someone's head. |
| 12. | rain out, to cause, by raining, the cancellation or postponement of a sports event, performance, or the like: The double-header was rained out yesterday. |
| 13. | rain cats and dogs, Informal. to rain very heavily or steadily: We canceled our picnic because it rained cats and dogs. |
| rain (rān) n.
v. intr.
rain outTo force the cancellation or postponement of (an outdoor event) because of rain. Used in passive constructions: The ball game was rained out. Idiom(s): rain cats and dogs Informal To rain very heavily. [Middle English, from Old English regn, rēn.] rain'less adj. |
Rain
There are three Hebrew words used to denote the rains of different seasons, (1.) Yoreh (Hos. 6:3), or moreh (Joel 2:23), denoting the former or the early rain. (2.) Melqosh, the "latter rain" (Prov. 16:15). (3.) Geshem, the winter rain, "the rains." The heavy winter rain is mentioned in Gen. 7:12; Ezra 10:9; Cant. 2:11. The "early" or "former" rains commence in autumn in the latter part of October or beginning of November (Deut. 11:14; Joel 2:23; comp. Jer. 3:3), and continue to fall heavily for two months. Then the heavy "winter rains" fall from the middle of December to March. There is no prolonged fair weather in Palestine between October and March. The "latter" or spring rains fall in March and April, and serve to swell the grain then coming to maturity (Deut. 11:14; Hos. 6:3). After this there is ordinarily no rain, the sky being bright and cloudless till October or November. Rain is referred to symbolically in Deut. 32:2; Ps. 72:6; Isa. 44:3, 4; Hos. 10:12.
rain
In addition to the idioms beginning with rain, also see come in out of the rain; it never rains but it pours; right as rain.