rain

1 عمومی:: بارندگی‌، باران‌، بارش‌، باریدن‌

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2 ورزش و تربیت بدنی:: باران, باران

کتاب اصول و فنون ماهیگیری ورزشی تالیف عبدالعلی یزدانی

1 general::   noun ADJ. driving, heavy, lashing, pouring, torrential | steady | fine, gentle, light, patchy The fine rain turned to mist in the early evening. The forecast is for wind and patchy rain. | warm | cold | constant, continuous, persistent | intermittent | overnight Overnight rain had freshened up the garden. | monsoon, tropical The monsoon rains started early this year. | autumn, spring, etc. QUANT. drop, spot A few spots of rain had fallen. | inch, shower, spot (informal) We had three inches of rain last night. We could do with a spot of rain. VERB + RAIN forecast Rain is forecast for tomorrow. | look like, threaten It looks like rain (= it looks as though it is going to rain). Black clouds threatened rain. | pour with It poured with rain all afternoon. | get caught in We got caught in the rain on the way home. RAIN + VERB beat, come down, drip, drum, fall, lash, patter, pelt, pour down, splash, trickle Rain beat against the window all night. Rain dripped down his collar. | come, set in, start The rain came just as we set off. The rain had set in steadily by the time we got home. | cease, let up, stop The rain didn't let up all day. | continue The rain continued for most of the day. | threaten With rain threatening, we headed home as fast as we could. | drive sb The rain drove the players off the court. RAIN + NOUN cloud, water PREP. in the ~ We found her sitting in the pouring rain. | out of the ~ Come in out of the rain. | through the ~ We drove slowly through the driving rain.,   verb ADV. hard, heavily | a little, slightly | incessantly, non-stop, solidly, steadily It's been raining solidly for an hour now. It rained incessantly for the whole two weeks. VERB + RAIN begin to, start to | be going to I don't think it's going to rain. PHRASES start/stop raining

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: rain noun [ uncountable ] water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky: • The rain has stopped at last. • There had been heavy rain during the night. drizzle noun [ uncountable ] light rain with very small drops of water: • A light drizzle was falling as I left the house. shower noun [ countable ] a short period of rain that can be heavy or light: • More heavy showers are forecast for tonight. • a light shower of rain downpour noun [ countable usually singular ] a short period of very heavy rain that starts suddenly: • A sudden downpour sent us running for shelter. • a torrential downpour hail noun [ uncountable ] frozen rain that falls in the form of hailstones (= small balls of ice ): • The hail and high winds have destroyed many of the county’s crops. sleet noun [ uncountable ] a mixture of snow and rain: • The rain had turned to sleet • Sleet and snow fell. the rains noun [ plural ] heavy rain that falls during a particular period in the year in tropical countries: • The farmers are waiting for the rains to come. monsoon noun [ countable ] the heavy rain that falls between April and October in India and other southern Asian countries: • The monsoon is late this year. • the monsoon season

Longman-Thesaurus

3 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with RAIN, Also see COME IN OUT OF THE RAIN; IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS; RIGHT AS RAIN.

American Heritage Idioms

4 general:: rain ADJECTIVES/NOUN + rain heavy (= with a lot of water coming down ) • The rain became more heavy. light (= with little water coming down ) • A light rain began to fall. torrential (= very heavy ) • I woke to the sound of torrential rain. pouring rain (= very heavy rain ) • He left us standing in the pouring rain. driving rain (= heavy rain that is falling fast or being blown along ) • They struggled to walk against driving rain. freezing rain (= extremely cold rain ) • the icy wind and freezing rain fine rain (= very gentle rain ) • A fine rain was coming down as the game started. acid rain (= which contains pollution from factories ) • forests which have been damaged by acid rain verbs the rain falls • The rain was still falling steadily. the rain comes down (= it falls ) • If the rain starts coming down, we can always go inside. • The monsoon rain comes down in sheets. the rain stops • They went into a cafe and waited for the rain to stop. the rain eases off (= it starts to rain less ) • The rain should ease off in a minute. the rain pours down (= a lot of rain comes down ) • The rain was pouring down and I was quickly soaked. the rain pelts down (= it comes down fast ) • The rain was now pelting down. the rain beats/lashes (= it falls or hits something with a lot of force ) • Isabel listened to the rain beating down. the rain patters on something (= drops of rain hit something and make a sound ) • Rain pattered on the roof. get caught in the rain (= be outside when it starts raining ) • Did you get caught in the rain? phrases it is pouring with rain British English , it is pouring rain American English (= a lot of rain is falling ) • When we went outside it was pouring with rain. it looks like rain (= rain appears likely because there are dark clouds in the sky ) • We ate indoors because it looked like rain. a drop of rain • Robert felt a drop of rain on his face. an inch/25mm etc of rain • Two inches of rain fell in twelve hours. outbreaks of rain (= short periods of rain – used in weather forecasts ) • Outbreaks of rain will spread across northern parts. a rain shower ( also a shower of rain British English ) (= a short period of rain ) • a heavy shower of rain accompanied by lightning sheets of rain (= large moving masses of heavy rain ) • He drove home slowly, through sheets of rain. a rain cloud • Thick black rain clouds massed in the sky. rain 2 adverbs it rains heavily/hard (= a lot of water comes down ) • It was raining heavily when we arrived in New York. it rains non-stop/solidly/steadily (= without stopping ) • It rained solidly every single day. it rains slightly/lightly (= a little water comes down ) • It’s raining slightly, but we can still go out. verbs it starts raining/it starts to rain • It had started to rain again. it stops raining • Has it stopped raining? phrases it is raining cats and dogs informal (= it is raining very hard – this phrase sounds rather old-fashioned )

transnet.ir

5 general:: rain (sth) down to fall in large amounts, or to direct something in large amounts, usually forcefully or violently • Bombs rained down on the besieged city. • Her attacker rained down blows on her., rain sth off UK ( US rain sth out ) If an event is rained off, it cannot start or continue because it is raining • His hockey match was rained off.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs

6 general:: noun downpour: The rain was heavy at times. verb shower: It will rain today.

Simple Definitions