Meaning of rain In English

• 0 drops of water from clouds:

  • Rain is forecast for tomorrow.

  • Come inside out of the rain.

  • We had heavy/light rain all day.

  • We got caught in pouring/torrential (= a lot of) rain without either raincoats or umbrellas.

  • There will be showers of rain/rain showers (= short periods of rain) in the east.

  • It looks like rain (= as if rain is going to fall).

  • Villagers are now waiting for the rains to come so that the rice will grow.

  • This is the third year in a row that the rains have failed.

• 1 If it rains, water falls from the sky in small drops:

  • I think it's starting to rain.

  • It's raining hard/heavily (= a large amount of rain is falling).

• 2 drops of water that fall from clouds:

  • It looks like rain (= as if rain is going to fall).

• 3 Rain can also mean to fall in a large amount:

  • Debris from the explosion rained down.