rain

water falling in drops condensed from vapor in the atmosphere

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

rain


3 Phonemes

r A n


onset, rime

r A n


Morpheme

rain


Sentence Examples

The weatherman forecasts rain for this afternoon.

Everyone went inside when the rain began to fall.

What the garden needs is a good, soaking rain.

A light rain began to fall.

There has been some flooding due to the recent heavy rains.

We've had a week of rain.

The rains came and flooded the valley.

Sparks from the fireworks rained on the field.

The volcano rained ashes on the city.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

deluge

drizzle

flood

hail

mist

monsoon

precipitation

rainfall

rainstorm

shower

showers

sleet

stream

torrent

cloudburst

condensation

fall

flurry

pour

pouring

raindrops

sheets

spate

spit

sprinkle

sprinkling

volley

drencher

precip

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

rain

Rain Man

acid rain

rain date

rain barrel

rain check

rain dance

Singin' in the Rain

rain checks

rain dances

rain barrel

rain on somebody’s parade

take a rain check (on something)

Rhymes

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

cane

main

plain

plane

train

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