Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, impersonal)To rain very heavily.

    Bindfäden regnen

    лить как из ведра́litʹ kak iz vedrá

    ллє як з відраllje jak z vidra

    rain heavily

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to rain very heavily:
Русский
By meaning 1
to rain very heavily:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to rain very heavily:

Origin

Unknown, but see examples of early use in Citations.

Unknown, but see examples of early use in Citations.

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Forms

rains cats and dogs, raining cats and dogs, rained cats and dogs, rained cats and dogs
Base formrain cats and dogs · to rain cats and dogs
3rd person singularrains cats and dogs
Present participleraining cats and dogs
Past simplerained cats and dogs
Past participlerained cats and dogs

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrain cats and dogs
he, she, itrains cats and dogs

Past simpleLesson

all personsrained cats and dogs

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rained cats and dogs
he, she, ithas rained cats and dogs

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rain cats and dogs

Synonyms

13 synonyms
bucketA1pourA2streamB1teemC2bucket downchuck it downcome down cats and dogsrain bucketsrain pitchforkspeltpour cats and dogsstorm cats and dogstip it down
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
railroadB1railwayB1rainA1rainbowB2raincoatA2
rain cats and dogs — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto