rain

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [U,sing.] water that falls from the clouds in separate drops: There will be rain in all parts tomorrow. * Rain is forecast for the weekend. * Don't go out in the rain. * It's pouring with rain (= raining very hard). * heavy / torrential / driving rain * The rain poured down. * It looks like rain (= as if it is going to rain). * A light rain began to fall. * I think I felt a drop of rain. seealsoACIDRAIN, RAINY -< WEATHER 2 (the rains) [pl.] the season of heavy continuous rain in tropical countries: The rains come in September. 3 [sing.] ~ of sth a large number of things falling from the sky at the same time: a rain of arrows / stones IDIOMS come rain, come shine