· water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
Synonym(s): rainfall
Hypernym(s): precipitation, downfall
· drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
Synonym(s): rainwater
Hypernym(s): fresh_water, freshwater
· anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
Synonym(s): pelting
Hypernym(s): sequence, chronological_sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological_succession
· precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
Synonym(s): rain_down
Hypernym(s): precipitate, come_down, fall