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What is the verb for rain?

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rain
  1. (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
  2. To fall as or like rain.
  3. (intransitive) To fall like rain.
  4. (transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.
  5. (obsolete) To reign.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. pour, shower, fall, drizzle, precipitate, storm, teem, drop, lavish, spit, deluge, heap, pelt, sleet, bombard, bucket, deposit, hail, patter, pepper, sprinkle, stream, pelt down, rain down, beat down, bucket down, pour down, sheet down, lash down, teem down, tip down, tipple down, come down, come down in sheets, come down in torrents, come down in bucketloads, come down in buckets, be deposited, be dropped, come down in stair rods, be chucking it down, rain cats and dogs, spray, mizzle, mist, spot, spatter, spritz, spill, drench … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “Rose petals would rain on the newlyweds as they walked down the aisle.”
rains
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rain
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pours, showers, falls, drizzles, precipitates, storms, teems, drops, lavishes, spits, deluges, heaps, pelts, sleets, bombards, buckets, deposits, hails, patters, peppers, sprinkles, streams, pelts down, rains down, beats down, buckets down, pours down, sheets down, lashes down, teems down, tips down, tipples down, comes down, comes down in sheets, comes down in torrents, comes down in bucketloads, comes down in buckets, comes down in stair rods, rains cats and dogs … more
raining
  1. present participle of rain
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pouring, showering, falling, drizzling, precipitating, storming, teeming, dropping, lavishing, spitting, deluging, heaping, pelting, sleeting, bombarding, bucketing, depositing, hailing, pattering, peppering, sprinkling, streaming, pelting down, raining down, beating down, bucketing down, pouring down, sheeting down, lashing down, teeming down, tipping down, tippling down, coming down, coming down in sheets, coming down in torrents, coming down in bucketloads, coming down in buckets, coming down in stair rods, raining cats and dogs … more
raineth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of rain
rainest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of rain
rained
  1. simple past tense and past participle of rain
  2. Synonyms:
      3. poured, showered, fell, felled, fallen, drizzled, precipitated, stormed, teemed, dropped, lavished, spitted, spat, deluged, heaped, pelted, sleeted, bombarded, bucketed, deposited, hailed, pattered, peppered, sprinkled, streamed, pelted down, rained down, beat down, beaten down, bucketed down, poured down, sheeted down, lashed down, teemed down, tipped down, tippled down, came down, come down, came down in sheets, come down in sheets, came down in torrents, come down in torrents, came down in bucketloads, come down in bucketloads, came down in buckets, come down in buckets, came down in stair rods, come down in stair rods, rained cats and dogs … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “As she headed toward the front door, droplets of water rained down on her from the sky.”
      “It wasn't very hot and it rained some of the time and so we had to have our waterproofs with us most of the time.”
      “When it rained or snowed, the little carbine was compact enough to fit under your slicker and to tuck up under your arm.”
rain out
  1. (of a game, match, picnic, etc) To cancel due to rain.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cancel, postpone, call off, move forward, move on, put back, rain off
  3. Examples:
      4. “The baseball game was scheduled for tomorrow, but they might rain out due to the forecasted storm.”
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