[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rain/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / rain # rain noun (rain); verb (rain, rains, rained, raining) «rain» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Rain is water that falls from clouds in drops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#m1) 2. When it rains, water falls from the sky and the ground gets wet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#m2) 3. A rain of something is a lot of it falling: a rain of arrows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#m3) 4. «Rain check» (USA) means doing something another time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#m4) ### In the lessons In maths: weather in the story; amounts of rain in inches or millimeters, days with rain; added, compared or averaged. In science: the water cycle (evaporation, clouds, rain), rain gauges, floods and droughts. In everyday life: raincoats, umbrellas, rained-off games. In stories: «it never rains but it pours», «right as rain» (well again). ### Examples - It rained 3 inches on Monday and 2 inches on Tuesday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#x1) - It rained on 9 days in April. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#x2) - The game was stopped by rain after 40 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#x3) - How much rain fell in the week? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#x4) - Rain falls when water drops in clouds get too heavy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#x5) - Take your umbrella, it's going to rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#x6) - We measured the rain with a jar in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#x7) - Plants need rain to grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#x8) - After a good sleep she felt right as rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#x9) - The rain was falling in torrents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/#x10) ### Note Amounts of rain on different days are usually added or compared. Trap: «it rained for 3 days» counts days, «3 inches of rain» is an amount. «Rain» the noun is uncountable: «a lot of rain», not «rains» (except «the rains», a rainy season). Homophones: reign (a king's rule) and rein (strap for a horse). Safety: stay away from flooded roads and rivers after heavy rain. ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah rain is a gift from God. It is also a tool of judgment, as in the Flood and the fire on Sodom. **Interpretation.** Tradition teaches that God controls the rain and gives it as a reward for faithfulness. The Flood is read as a punishment for human violence. ### Examples - And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. (Torah GEN.7.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x1) - the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. (Torah GEN.8.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x2) - Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; (Torah GEN.19.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x3) - Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields; (Writings JOB.5.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x4) - He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. (Writings PSA.105.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x5) - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; (Writings SNG.2.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x6) ### Note Amounts of rain on different days are usually added or compared. Trap: «it rained for 3 days» counts days, «3 inches of rain» is an amount. «Rain» the noun is uncountable: «a lot of rain», not «rains» (except «the rains», a rainy season). Homophones: reign (a king's rule) and rein (strap for a horse). Safety: stay away from flooded roads and rivers after heavy rain. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «rain» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rain/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rain» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rain.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «rain» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rain» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rain.html) on Mova free.