rain meaning

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rain

NounPLrainsSUF-ain
1. Condensed water falling from a cloud.
  1. We've been having a lot of rain lately.
  2. The rains came late that year.
VerbSGrainsPRrainingPT, PPrained
1. (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
  1. It will rain today.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - The rain poured in and it filled it with water while we were inside.
  - I asked higher powers to make it rain to save our crops.
  - The constant rain ruled out any chance of a game of tennis.
2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
  - Rain ran off the bill of his fielder's cap and waterfalled in front of his face.
3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
  - She looked like the wreck of the Hesperus when she got caught in the rain.
  - Their plans to go hiking Saturday fell through because it rained.
  - When I looked out, all I could see were sheets of rain.

Meaning of rain for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "rain" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a defective verb, an impersonal verb, an intransitive verb, a transitive verb and a verbs by inflection type.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
1. Nouns
  - Countable nouns
  - Singularia tantum
    - Uncountable nouns
2. Verbs
  - Defective verbs
    - Impersonal verbs
  - Impersonal verbs
  - Intransitive verbs
  - Transitive verbs
  - Verbs by inflection type
    - Irregular verbs
      - Defective verbs
        Impersonal verbs

Difficultness: Level 1

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Definiteness: Level 9

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