Meaning

3 senses
  1. (impersonal)To have rain fall from the sky.

    Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today.

    regnen

    ли́тьlítʹ, идти́idtí

    дощи́тиdoščýty

    precipitate as rain

  2. (figuratively, intransitive)To fall as or like rain.

    Tears rained from her eyes.

    Leaves rained from the tree.

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To issue (something) in large quantities.

    The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.

    Generous to a fault, they positively rained gifts on all their friends.

    regnen

    сы́паться дождёмsýpatʹsja doždjóm, сы́паться гра́домsýpatʹsja grádom

Examples

4796 sentences
  1. When did it begin to rain?

    Коли почався дощ? — deniko

    ruКогда начался дождь? — marafon

    deWann hat es angefangen zu regnen? — MUIRIEL

  2. I was caught in the rain.

    Я потрапив під дощ. — deniko

    ruПопал под дождь. — evkon

  3. I'm afraid it's going to rain.

    Я боюсь, що піде дощ. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ боюсь, как бы не пошёл дождь. — marafon

    deIch fürchte, es wird regnen. — Manfredo

  4. I think it's going to rain.

    Я думаю, піде дощ. — deniko

    ruПохоже, что дождь собирается. — FeuDRenais

    deIch glaube, dass es regnen wird. — MUIRIEL

  5. I wish the rain would stop.

    Я би дуже хотів, щоб дощ припинився. — deniko

    ruЯ бы очень хотел, чтобы дождь перестал. — shanghainese

    deIch wünschte, der Regen würde aufhören. — Wolf

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of rain: to fall from the sky:
Русский
By meaning 2
of rain: to fall from the sky:
to fall in large quantities:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of rain: to fall from the sky:

Origin

From Middle English reinen, from Old English reġnian, from Proto-West Germanic *regnōn, fr

From Middle English reinen, from Old English reġnian, from Proto-West Germanic *regnōn, from Proto-Germanic *regnōną, from *regną (“rain”), as above.

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Forms

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

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrain
he, she, itrains

Past simpleLesson

all personsrained

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rained
he, she, ithas rained

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rain

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

19 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • rain tomorrow
  • began to rain
  • in the rain
  • going to rain
  • started raining
  • rain this afternoon
  • stopped raining
  • lot of rain
  • of the rain
  • heavy rain
  • the heavy rain
  • started to rain

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rain — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto