English-Thai Dictionary
rain
N ฝน น้ำฝน fon
rain
N ฤดูฝน หน้าฝน rue-du-fon
rain
VI ตกลงมา เหมือน ฝน เท ไหลหลั่ง ราวกับ ฝน ตกลงมา ราวกับ ห่า ฝน bucket down tok-long-muanfon-tea
rain
VI ฝนตก fok-tok
rain cats and dogs
IDM(ฝน ตกหนัก tok-nak
rain check
N ตั๋ว ที่ ใช้ ใน เกม หรือ การแสดง tua-ti-chai-nai-kem-rue-kan-sa-dang
rain down
PHRV(น้ำ ตกหนัก กระหน่ำ ลงมา tok-nak
rain down
PHRV ทำให้ (บางสิ่ง กระหน่ำ เข้ามา ทำให้ ตก มา อย่างมากมาย hail down on tam-hai-kra-nam-kao-ma
rain gauge
N เครื่องวัด ปริมาณ น้ำฝน pluviometer krueng-wad-pa-ri-man-nam-fon
rain in
PHRV(ฝน สาด ซึม เข้า เท เข้า ไหล เข้า sad
rain off
PHRV เลื่อน ยกเลิก snow off be rained off luan
rain on / upon
PHRV(ฝน ตกลง บน tok-long-bon
rain on / upon
PHRV ทำให้ หลั่งไหล ลง บน (บางสิ่ง shower on tam-hai-lang-lai-long-bon
rain or shine
IDM ไม่ว่า ฝน จะ ตก หรือ แดดออก (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ mai-wa-fon-ja-tok-rue-dead-ook
rain stair rods
SL ฝน ตกหนัก fon-tok-nak
rainbow
N ความหวัง ที่ เลื่อนลอย kwam-wang-ti-luan-loi
rainbow
N รุ้ง รุ้งกินน้ำ แถบ สี หลาย สี เรียง กัน spectrum rung
rainbow
N สี รุ้ง se-rung
raincoat
N เสื้อกันฝน trench coat suea-kan-fon
raindrop
N หยดน้ำ ฝน dewdrop sprinkle yod-nam-fon
rainfall
N ปริมาณ น้ำฝน ที่ ตกลงมา จำนวน ฝนตก ที่ ตกลงมา precipitation rain pa-ri-man-nam-fon-ti-tok-long-ma
rainforest
N ป่า หนา ทึบ ใน เขตร้อน ซึ่ง มี ฝนตก มาก pa-tub-nai-ked-ron-ti-me-fon-tok-long-ma
rainmaking
N การ ประสบความสำเร็จ ทาง ธุรกิจ หรือ การเมือง kan-pra-sob-kwam-sam-red-tang-tu-ra-kid
rainproof
ADJ ที่ กันฝน ได้ กันฝน waterproof watertight ti-kan-fon-dai
rainproof
VT ทำให้ กันฝน ได้ tam-hai-kan-fon-dai
rainstorm
N พายุฝน pa-yu-fon
raintight
A ฝน ไม่ รั่ว เข้ามา
rainwater
N น้ำฝน rain nam-fon
rainwear
N เสื้อผ้า กันฝน ชุด กันฝน suea-pa-kan-fon
rainy
ADJ ซึ่ง มี ฝนตก ซึ่ง เปียก ฝน sueng-me-fon-tok
rainy day
N ช่วงเวลา ขัดสน ช่วง คับขัน ช่วง หายนะ catastrophe disaster chung-we-la-kad-son
rainy day
N วันที่ มี ฝนตก มาก wan-ti-me-fon-tok-mak
rainy season
N ฤดูฝน หน้าฝน rue-du-fon
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RAIN
v.i.[It seems that rain is contracted from regen. It is the Gr. to rain, to water, which we retain in brook, and the Latins, by dropping the prefix, in rigo, irrigo, to irrigate. The primary sense is to pour out, to drive forth. Heb. ] 1. To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains; it will rain; it rained, or it has rained.
2. To fall or drop like rain; as, tears rained at their eyes.
RAIN
v.t.To pour or shower down from the upper regions, like rain from the clouds. Then said the Lord to Moses, behold I will rain bread from heaven for you. Exodus 16:4.
God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. Job 2 :23.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and horrible tempest. Psalm 11:6.
RAIN
n.The descent of water in drops from the clouds; or the water thus falling. Rain is distinguished from mist, by the size of the drops, which are distinctly visible. When water falls in very small drops or particles, we call it mist, and fog is composed of particles so fine as to be not only indistinguishable, but to float or be suspended in the air.
RAINBAT
a.Beaten or injured by the rain. [Not used. ]
RAINBOW
n.A bow, or an arch of a circle, consisting of all the colors formed by the refraction and reflection of rays of light from drops of rain or vapor, appearing in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun. When the sun is at the horizon, the rainbow is a semicircle. The rainbow is called also iris. The moon sometimes forms a bow or arch of light, more faint than that formed by the sun, and called lunar rainbow. Similar bows at sea are called marine rainbows or sea bows.
RAIN-DEER
n. The rane, a species of the cervine genus. [See Rane.]
RAININESS
n.[from rainy. ] The state of being rainy.
RAIN-WATER
n.Water that has fallen from the clouds.
RAINY
a.Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as rainy weather; a rainy day or season.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RAIN
RAIN Rain, n. & v.
Defn: Reign. [Obs. ] Spenser.
RAIN
Rain, n. Etym: [OF. rein, AS. regen; akin to OFries. rein, D. & G.regen, OS. & OHG. regan, Icel., Dan. , & Sw. regn, Goth. rign, and prob. to L. rigare to water, to wet; cf. Gr.
Defn: Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops. Rain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very small parts ascending in the air, till, encountering the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops. Ray. Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain. Milton.
Note: Rain is distinguished from mist by the size of the drops, which are distinctly visible. When water falls in very small drops or particles, it is called mist; and fog is composed of particles so fine as to be not only individually indistinguishable, but to float or be suspended in the air. See Fog, and Mist. Rain band (Meteorol.), a dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions. -- Rain bird (Zoöl.), the yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng. ] The name is also applied to various other birds, as to Saurothera vetula of the West Indies. -- Rain fowl (Zoöl.), the channel-bill cuckoo (Scythrops Novæ -Hollandiæ ) of Australia. -- Rain gauge, an instrument of various forms measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer. -- Rain goose (Zoöl.), the red-throated diver, or loon. [Prov. Eng. ] -- Rain prints (Geol.), markings on the surfaces of stratified rocks, presenting an appearance similar to those made by rain on mud and sand, and believed to have been so produced. -- Rain quail. (Zoöl.) See Quail, n., 1. -- Rain water, water that has fallen from the clouds in rain.
RAIN
Rain, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rained; p. pr. & vb. n. Raining.] Etym: [AS. regnian, akin to G. regnen, Goth. rignjan. See Rain, n.]
1. To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains. The rain it raineth every day. Shak.
2. To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
RAIN
RAIN Rain, v. t.
1. To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds. Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. Ex. xvi. 4.
2. To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.
RAINBOW
Rain "bow `, n. Etym: [AS. regenboga, akin to G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent, ]
Defn: A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.
Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow, which is formed by two refractions and one reflection, there is also another often seen exterior to it, called the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in the reverse order from those of the latter. Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the moon. -- Marine rainbow, or Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray of waves at sea. -- Rainbow trout (Zoöl.), a bright-colored trout (Salmoirideus ), native of the mountains of California, but now extensively introduced into the Eastern States. Japan, and other countries; -- called also brook trout, mountain trout, and golden trout. -- Rainbow wrasse. (Zoöl.) See under Wrasse. -- Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
RAINBOWED
RAINBOWED Rain "bowed `, a.
Defn: Formed with or like a rainbow.
RAINDEER
RAINDEER Rain "deer `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Reindeer. [Obs. ]
RAINDROP
RAINDROP Rain "drop `, n.
Defn: A drop of rain.
RAINFALL
RAINFALL Rain "fall `, n.
Defn: A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region. Supplied by the rainfall of the outer ranges of Sinchul and Singaleleh. Hooker.
RAININESS
RAININESS Rain "i *ness, n.
Defn: The state of being rainy.
RAINLESS
RAINLESS Rain "less, a.
Defn: Destitute of rain; as, a rainless region.
RAIN-TIGHT
RAIN-TIGHT Rain "-tight `, a.
Defn: So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof.
RAINY
Rain "y, a. Etym: [AS. regenig.]
Defn: Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy day or season.
New American Oxford Dictionary
rain
rain |rān reɪn | ▶noun moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops: the rain had not stopped for days | it's pouring rain. • (rains ) falls of rain: the plants were washed away by some unusually heavy rains. • [ in sing. ] a large or overwhelming quantity of things that fall or descend: he fell under the rain of blows. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (it rains, it is raining, etc. ) rain falls: it was beginning to rain. • literary (of the sky, the clouds, etc. ) send down rain. • [ with adverbial of direction ] (of objects ) fall in large or overwhelming quantities: bombs rained down. • [ with obj. ] (it rains ——, it is raining ——, etc. ) used to convey that a specified thing is falling in large or overwhelming quantities: it was just raining glass. • [ with obj. ] send down in large or overwhelming quantities: she rained blows onto him. PHRASES be as right as rain (of a person ) be perfectly fit and well. when it rains it pours see pour. rain cats and dogs rain very hard. [origin uncertain; first recorded in 1738, used by Jonathan Swift, but the phrase rain dogs and polecats was used a century earlier in Richard Brome's The City Witt. ] rain on someone's parade informal prevent someone from enjoying an occasion or event; spoil someone's plans. ( come ) rain or shine whether it rains or not: he runs six miles every morning, rain or shine. PHRASAL VERBS be rained out (of an event ) be terminated or canceled because of rain: the tournament was rained out. DERIVATIVES rain less adjective ORIGIN Old English regn (noun ), regnian (verb ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch regen and German Regen .
rainbird
rain |bird |ˈreɪnbəːd | ▶noun a bird that is said to foretell rain by its call, especially (in Britain ) the green woodpecker or (in South Africa ) a kind of coucal.
rainbow
rain bow |ˈrānˌbō ˈreɪnˌboʊ | ▶noun an arch of colors formed in the sky in certain circumstances, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere. • any display of the colors of the spectrum produced by dispersion of light. • a wide range or variety of related and typically colorful things: a rainbow of medals decorated his chest. • [ as modifier ] many-colored: a big rainbow packet of felt pens. • short for rainbow trout. PHRASES at the end of the rainbow used to refer to something much sought after but impossible to attain. [with allusion to the story of a pot of gold supposedly to be found by anyone reaching the end of a rainbow. ] chase rainbows (or a rainbow ) pursue an illusory goal. ORIGIN Old English regnboga (see rain, bow 1 ).
Rainbow Bridge
Rain bow Bridge |reɪnbəʊˈbrɪʤ | a bridge of natural rock, the world's largest natural bridge, situated in southern Utah, just north of the border with Arizona. Its span is 278 feet (86 m ).
rainbow coalition
rain bow co a li tion |ˈreɪnˌboʊ ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən | ▶noun a political alliance of differing groups, typically one comprising minority peoples and other disadvantaged groups.
rainbowfish
rain ¦bow |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or rainbowfishes ) any of a number of small brightly coloured fish of warm waters, in particular: ● an Australian freshwater fish (genus Melanotaenia, family Melanotaenidae ). ● ( Celebes rainbowfish ) a freshwater fish native to Sulawesi and popular in aquaria (Telmatherina ladigesi, family Atherinidae ).
rainbow lorikeet
rain bow lor i keet (also rainbow lory ) ▶noun a small, vividly colored Australasian parrot, found in many different races on southwestern Pacific islands. [Trichoglossus haematodus, family Loridae (or Psittacidae ).]
rainbow nation
rainbow nation ▶noun a multiracial or multicultural country (used especially of South Africa in the post-apartheid era ).
rainbow trout
rain bow trout |ˈˌreɪnboʊ ˈtraʊt | ▶noun a large trout native to the Pacific seaboard of North America. It has been widely introduced elsewhere, both as a farmed food fish and as a sporting fish. Most rainbow trout remain in streams, but some migrate to lakes and some to the sea (see steelhead ). [Salmo gairdneri, family Salmonidae. ]
rain check
rain check |ˈrānˌCHek |(also raincheck ) ▶noun a ticket given for later use when a sports event or other outdoor event is interrupted or postponed by rain. • a coupon issued to a customer by a store, guaranteeing that a sale item that is out of stock may be purchased by that customer at a later date at the same reduced price. PHRASES take a rain check said when politely refusing an offer, with the implication that one may accept it at a later date: I can't make it tonight, but I'd like to take a rain check.
raincoat
rain coat |ˈrānˌkōt ˈreɪnˌkoʊt | ▶noun a long coat made from waterproofed or water-resistant fabric.
rain dance
rain dance |ˈreɪn ˌdæns | ▶noun a ritual done to summon rain, as practiced by some Pueblo Indian and other peoples.
rain date
rain date ▶noun an alternative date for an event in case of inclement weather. • Baseball the day to which a rained-out game is postponed.
raindrop
rain drop |ˈrānˌdräp ˈreɪnˌdrɑp | ▶noun a single drop of rain. ORIGIN Old English regndropa (see rain, drop ).
Rainey, Ma
Rain ey, Ma |ˈrānē ˈreɪni | (1886 –1939 ), US blues singer; full name Gertrude Pridgett Rainey. She made over 100 recordings with Louis Armstrong and with her Georgia Jazz Band.
rainfall
rain fall |ˈrānˌfôl ˈreɪnˌfɔl | ▶noun the fall of rain. • the quantity of rain falling within a given area in a given time: low rainfall.
rainfast
rain |fast ▶adjective (of a chemical spray or other substance ) not able to be washed away by rain.
rainfly
rain fly |ˈrānˌflī ˈreɪnflaɪ | ▶noun ( pl. rainflies ) the flysheet of a tent.
rain forest
rain for est (also rainforest ) ▶noun a luxuriant, dense forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall.
rain gauge
rain gauge ▶noun a device for collecting and measuring the amount of rain that falls.
Rainier, Mount
Rai nier, Mount |rəˈni (ə )r, rā -ˌmaʊnt ˈreɪnier | a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington state. Rising to a height of 14,410 feet (4,395 m ), it is the highest peak in the Cascade Range.
Rain-in-the-Face
Rain-in-the-Face (c.1835 –1905 ), Sioux warrior. With Crazy Horse and other Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, he annihilated the forces under George Custer at the Little Bighorn in 1876.
rainmaker
rain mak er |ˈrānˌmākər ˈreɪnˌmeɪkər | ▶noun 1 a person who attempts to cause rain to fall, either by rituals or by a scientific technique such as seeding clouds with crystals. 2 informal a person who generates income for a business or organization by brokering deals or attracting clients or funds. DERIVATIVES rain mak ing |-ˌmākiNG |noun
rainout
rain out |ˈrānˌout ˈreɪnaʊt | ▶noun a cancellation or premature ending of an event because of rain.
rainproof
rain proof |ˈrānˌpro͞of ˈreɪnˌpruf | ▶adjective (esp. of a building or garment ) impervious to rain: a rainproof coat.
rain scald
rain scald ▶noun a skin disease of horses caused by infection with actinomycete bacteria, typically contracted in persistently rainy conditions.
rain shadow
rain shad ow ▶noun a region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills.
rainstick
rain stick |ˈreɪnstɪk |(also rain stick ) ▶noun a percussion instrument made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out, filled with small pebbles, and capped at both ends. When slightly tilted, it makes the sound of falling rain.
rainstorm
rain storm |ˈrānˌstôrm ˈreɪnˌstɔrm | ▶noun a storm with heavy rain.
rainswept
rain swept |ˈrānˌswept ˈreɪnswɛpt | ▶adjective exposed to or frequently experiencing rain and wind: a rainswept day in November.
rain tree
rain tree ▶noun a large tropical American tree that is widely planted as a street tree. It has grooved bark that typically supports epiphytic plants, and “rain ” (as it mimics the sound of rain ) that is excreted by cicadas that live in the tree. [Albizia saman, family Leguminosae. ]
rainwash
rain wash |ˈrānˌwôSH, -ˌwäSH ˈreɪnˌwɔʃ | ▶noun the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain.
rainwater
rain wa ter |ˈrānˌwôtər, -ˌwätər ˈreɪnˌwɔdər ˈreɪnˌwɑdər | ▶noun water that has fallen as or been obtained from rain.
rainwear
rain wear |ˈrānˌwe (ə )r ˈreɪnˌwɛ (ə )r | ▶noun waterproof or water-resistant clothes suitable for wearing in the rain.
rainworm
rain worm |ˈrānˌwərm ˈreɪnwərm | ▶noun 1 the earthworm, which often comes to the surface after rain. 2 a soil-dwelling nematode worm, the juveniles of which parasitize grasshoppers. [Mermis nigrescens, class Aphasmida (or Adenophorea ).]
rainy
rain y |ˈrānē ˈreɪni | ▶adjective ( rainier, rainiest ) (of weather, a period of time, or an area ) having a great deal of rainfall: a rainy afternoon. PHRASES a rainy day used in reference to a possible time in the future when something, esp. money, will be needed: invest and save for a rainy day. DERIVATIVES rain i ness noun ORIGIN Old English rēnig (see rain, -y 1 ).
Rainy River
Rain y Riv er |ˈrānē ˌreɪni ˈrɪvər | a short river that flows west along the Minnesota-Ontario border, past International Falls, into the Lake of the Woods. One of its sources is Rainy Lake, also on the border.
Oxford Dictionary
rain
rain |reɪn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops: the rain had not stopped for days | it's pouring with rain. • (rains ) falls of rain: the plants were washed away by unusually heavy rains. • [ in sing. ] a large or overwhelming quantity of things that fall or descend: he fell under the rain of blows. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (it rains, it is raining, etc. ) rain falls: it was beginning to rain. • literary (of the sky, the clouds, etc. ) send down rain. • [ with adverbial of direction ] fall or cause to fall in large or overwhelming quantities: [ no obj. ] : bombs rained down | [ with obj. ] : she rained blows on to him. • [ with obj. ] (it rains ——, it is raining ——, etc. ) used to convey that a specified thing is falling in large quantities: it was just raining glass. PHRASES be as right as rain be perfectly fit and well. it never rains but it pours see pour. rain cats and dogs rain very hard. [origin uncertain; first recorded in 1738, used by Jonathan Swift, but the phrase rain dogs and polecats was used a century earlier in Richard Brome's The City Witt. ] rain on someone's parade informal prevent someone from enjoying an event; spoil someone's plans. ( come ) rain or shine whether it rains or not; whatever the weather: he runs six miles every morning, rain or shine. PHRASAL VERBS be rained off (or N. Amer. out ) (of an event ) be cancelled or terminated because of rain: the match was rained off. DERIVATIVES rainless adjective ORIGIN Old English regn (noun ), regnian (verb ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch regen and German Regen .
rainbird
rain |bird |ˈreɪnbəːd | ▶noun a bird that is said to foretell rain by its call, especially (in Britain ) the green woodpecker or (in South Africa ) a kind of coucal.
rainbow
rain |bow |ˈreɪnbəʊ | ▶noun an arch of colours visible in the sky, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere. The colours of the rainbow are generally said to be red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. • a display of the colours of the spectrum produced by dispersion of light. • a wide range of related and typically colourful things: a rainbow of medals decorated his chest. • [ as modifier ] many-coloured: a big rainbow packet of felt pns. PHRASES at the end of the rainbow used to refer to something much sought after but impossible to attain. [with allusion to the story of a crock of gold supposedly to be found by anyone reaching the end of a rainbow. ] chase rainbows (or a rainbow ) pursue an illusory goal. ORIGIN Old English regnboga (see rain, bow 1 ).
Rainbow Bridge
Rainbow Bridge |reɪnbəʊˈbrɪʤ | a bridge of natural rock, the world's largest natural bridge, situated in southern Utah, just north of the border with Arizona. Its span is 86 m (278 ft ).
rainbow coalition
rain |bow co |ali ¦tion ▶noun (especially in the US ) a political alliance of several different groups, representing social, ethnic, and other minorities.
rainbowfish
rain ¦bow |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or rainbowfishes ) any of a number of small brightly coloured fish of warm waters, in particular: ● an Australian freshwater fish (genus Melanotaenia, family Melanotaenidae ). ● ( Celebes rainbowfish ) a freshwater fish native to Sulawesi and popular in aquaria (Telmatherina ladigesi, family Atherinidae ).
rainbow lorikeet
rainbow lorikeet (also rainbow lory ) ▶noun a small vividly coloured Australasian parrot, found in many different races on SW Pacific islands. ●Trichoglossus haematodus, family Loridae (or Psittacidae ).
rainbow nation
rainbow nation ▶noun a multiracial or multicultural country (used especially of South Africa in the post-apartheid era ).
rainbow runner
rain |bow run ¦ner ▶noun a colourfully striped fish of the jack family, of warm seas worldwide. ●Elagatis bipinnulata, family Carangidae.
rainbow trout
rain |bow trout ▶noun a large, partly migratory trout native to the Pacific seaboard of North America. It has been widely introduced elsewhere, both as a farmed food fish and as a sporting fish. ●Onchorhynchus mykiss, family Salmonidae.
rain check
rain check ▶noun N. Amer. 1 a ticket given for later use when a sporting fixture or other outdoor event is interrupted or postponed by rain. 2 a coupon issued to a customer by a shop, guaranteeing that a sale item which is out of stock may be purchased by that customer at a later date at the same reduced price. PHRASES take a rain check used to refuse an offer politely, with the implication that one may take it up at a later date.
raincoat
rain |coat |ˈreɪnkəʊt | ▶noun a long coat, typically having a belt, made from waterproofed or water-resistant fabric.
rain dance
rain dance ▶noun a ritual dance to summon rain, as practised by some Pueblo Indians and other peoples.
rain date
rain date ▶noun an alternative date for an event in case of inclement weather. • Baseball the day to which a rained-out game is postponed.
raindrop
rain |drop |ˈreɪndrɒp | ▶noun a single drop of rain. ORIGIN Old English regndropa (see rain, drop ).
Rainey, Ma
Rain ey, Ma |ˈrānē ˈreɪni | (1886 –1939 ), US blues singer; full name Gertrude Pridgett Rainey. She made over 100 recordings with Louis Armstrong and with her Georgia Jazz Band.
rainfall
rain |fall |ˈreɪnfɔːl | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the fall of rain. • the quantity of rain falling within a given area in a given time: low rainfall.
rainfast
rain |fast ▶adjective (of a chemical spray or other substance ) not able to be washed away by rain.
rainfly
rain |fly ▶noun ( pl. rainflies ) 1 N. Amer. the flysheet of a tent. 2 W. Indian a winged ant or termite, seen in numbers after rain.
rainforest
rain |for ¦est |ˈreɪnfɒrɪst | ▶noun a luxuriant, dense forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall.
rain gauge
rain gauge ▶noun a device for collecting and measuring the amount of rain which falls.
Rainier, Mount
Rainier, Mount |rəˈnɪə, ˈreɪnɪə | a volcanic peak in the south-west of Washington State in the US. Rising to a height of 4,395 m (14,410 ft ), it is the highest peak in the Cascade Range.
Rain-in-the-Face
Rain-in-the-Face (c.1835 –1905 ), Sioux warrior. With Crazy Horse and other Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, he annihilated the forces under George Custer at the Little Bighorn in 1876.
rainmaker
rain |maker |ˈreɪnmeɪkə | ▶noun 1 a person who attempts to cause rain to fall, either by rituals or by a scientific technique such as seeding clouds with crystals. 2 N. Amer. informal a person who generates income for a business or organization by brokering deals or attracting clients or funds. DERIVATIVES rainmaking noun
rainout
rain |out |ˈreɪnaʊt | ▶noun N. Amer. a cancellation or premature ending of an event because of rain.
rainproof
rain |proof |ˈreɪnpruːf | ▶adjective (especially of a building or garment ) impervious to rain: a rainproof coat.
rain scald
rain scald ▶noun [ mass noun ] a skin disease of horses caused by infection with actinomycete bacteria, typically contracted in persistently rainy conditions.
rain shadow
rain shadow ▶noun a region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills.
rain stick
rain stick ▶noun a ceremonial instrument originating in the Andes, consisting of a hollow branch sealed at both ends and containing small hard objects such as seeds or pebbles, which make a noise like falling rain when the branch is tilted.
rainstorm
rain |storm |ˈreɪnstɔːm | ▶noun a storm with heavy rain.
rainswept
rain |swept |ˈreɪnswɛpt | ▶adjective exposed to or frequently experiencing rain and wind: the rainswept quayside.
rain tree
rain tree ▶noun a large tropical American tree which is widely planted as a street tree. It has grooved bark which typically supports epiphytic plants, and ‘rain ’ is excreted by cicadas that live in the tree. ●Albizia saman, family Leguminosae.
rainwash
rain |wash ▶noun [ mass noun ] the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain.
rainwater
rain |water |ˈreɪnwɔːtə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] water that has fallen as or been obtained from rain.
rainwear
rain |wear |ˈreɪnwɛː | ▶noun [ mass noun ] waterproof or water-resistant clothes suitable for wearing in the rain.
rainworm
rain |worm ▶noun 1 the earthworm, which often comes to the surface after rain. 2 a soil-dwelling nematode worm, the juveniles of which parasitize grasshoppers. ●Mermis nigrescens, class Aphasmida (or Adenophorea ).
rainy
rainy |ˈreɪni | ▶adjective ( rainier, rainiest ) (of weather, a period, or an area ) having or characterized by considerable rainfall: a rainy afternoon. PHRASES a rainy day used in reference to a possible time in the future when money will be needed: putting money by for a rainy day. DERIVATIVES raininess noun ORIGIN Old English rēnig (see rain, -y 1 ).
Rainy River
Rain y Riv er |ˈrānē ˌreɪni ˈrɪvər | a short river that flows west along the Minnesota-Ontario border, past International Falls, into the Lake of the Woods. One of its sources is Rainy Lake, also on the border.
American Oxford Thesaurus
rain
rain noun 1 the rain had stopped: rainfall, precipitation, raindrops, wet weather; drizzle, shower, rainstorm, cloudburst, torrent, downpour, deluge, storm. 2 a rain of hot ash: shower, deluge, flood, torrent, avalanche, flurry; storm, hail. ▶verb 1 it rained heavily: pour, pour down, come down, pelt down, teem down, beat down, rain cats and dogs; fall, drizzle. 2 bombs rained on the city: fall, hail, drop, shower. WORD LINKS pluvial relating to rain Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
rainy
rainy adjective rainy weather: wet, showery, drizzly, damp, inclement.
Oxford Thesaurus
rain
rain noun 1 the rain had almost stopped: rainfall, precipitation, raindrops, rainwater, wet weather; the wet, a fall of rain; sprinkle, drizzle, mizzle, Scotch mist, shower, rainstorm, cloudburst, torrent, downpour, deluge, squall, thunderstorm. 2 a rain of hot ash | a rain of blows: shower, deluge, flood, torrent, spate, avalanche, outpouring, rush, flurry; volley, storm, hail, barrage, broadside, salvo. ▶verb 1 it was raining heavily: pour (down ), pelt down, tip down, teem down, beat down, lash down, sheet down, come down, come down in torrents /sheets, rain cats and dogs; fall, shower, drizzle, spit; informal be chucking it down; Brit. informal bucket down, come down in buckets /bucketloads, come down in stair rods, tipple down; Brit. vulgar slang piss down. 2 bombs rained on the city's crowded streets: fall, pour /rain down, drop, shower. 3 guerrillas rained mortar bombs on the capital: shower, pour, drop; bombard someone with, pepper someone with, pelt someone with. WORD LINKS rain pluvial, pluvious, hyetal relating to rain Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
rainy
rainy adjective rainy weather: wet, showery, drizzly, damp, inclement. ANTONYMS dry.
Duden Dictionary
Rain
Rain Substantiv, maskulin , der |R ai n |der Rain; Genitiv: des Rain [e ]s, Plural: die Raine mittelhochdeutsch rein, althochdeutsch (nur in Zusammensetzungen ) -rein, Herkunft ungeklärt 1 gehoben unbebauter schmaler Streifen Land als Grenze zwischen zwei Äckern ein schmaler Rain 2 süddeutsch, schweizerisch Abhang
Rainer
Rai ner , Rei ner Eigenname Reiner |R ai ner R ei ner |männlicher Vorname
Rainfarn
Rain farn Substantiv, maskulin , der |R ai nfarn |umgedeutet aus mittelhochdeutsch rein (e )vane, althochdeutsch rein (e )fano, zu: fano = Fahne, also eigentlich = Grenzfahne (zu den Korbblütlern gehörende ) Pflanze mit fiederteiligen Blättern und zahlreichen halbkugeligen, gelben Blütenköpfchen
Rainweide
Rain wei de Substantiv, feminin , die |R ai nweide |Liguster
French Dictionary
rainette
rainette n. f. nom féminin Petite grenouille.
rainure
rainure n. f. nom féminin Entaille longue et étroite. : Glissez la pièce dans la rainure.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
rain
rain /reɪn / (! rein, reignと同音 ) 〖語源は 「湿った (moist )」〗(形 )rainy 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 a. U 雨 , 雨水 , 降雨量 ▸ stand [go out ] in the rain 雨の中でたたずむ [を出かける ]▸ We haven't had rain for nearly a year .1年近く雨が降っていない ▸ It looks like rain .｟話 ｠雨になりそうだ (≒It is probably going to rain. )(╳ It will be rain. としない )▸ There is a 30 \% chance of rain tomorrow .明日の降水確率は30 \%です ▸ It is pouring with rain .｟英 ｠雨がどしゃ降りだ b. C (1回分の )雨 , 降雨 , 雨天 (!通例数詞と用いない ) ; 〖～s 〗(1回の )大量の雨 ▸ The roads are wet after a recent rain .道路はさっきの雨で濡れている ▸ Rains came every few days .雨が数日ごとにやってくる ▸ The rains began to fall .大量の雨が降り始めた 関連 いろいろな雨 ▸ a heavy [light ] ～大雨 [小雨 ]▸ a torrential ～豪雨 ▸ a pouring ～どしゃ降りの雨 ▸ a (sudden ) (～) shower にわか雨 ▸ (a ) drizzling ～霧雨 ▸ a fine ～こぬか雨 2 〖the ～s 〗(特に熱帯地方の )雨季 .3 〖a ～ of A 〗Aの雨 , 雨のようなA (!Aは複数名詞 ) ▸ a rain of ashes 降り注ぐ灰 (as ) r ì ght as r á in ｟くだけた話 ｠すこぶる元気で ; すっかり立ち直って .(c ò me ) r à in or (c ò me ) sh í ne ｟話 ｠降っても晴れても ; どんなことがあっても .動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 自動詞 1 〖it rains 〗雨が降る (down )▸ It rained all night .一晩中雨だった (≒The rain fell …)▸ It is still raining hard [heavily ].まだ激しく雨が降っている ▸ It has stopped raining .雨がやんだ ▸ It started to rain .雨が降り始めた ▸ It rains a lot in Taiwan .台湾ではたくさん雨が降る (≒They have [｟話 ｠get ] a lot of rain …)2 〈物が 〉 «…に » 雨のように降る , 降り注ぐ (down ) «on , upon » ; «…を » 雨のように流れる «down » ▸ Broken glass rained (down ) on him .割れたガラス片が彼の頭上に降ってきた 他動詞 1 «…に » 〈物 〉を雨のように降らせる (down ) «on » ▸ rain down missiles on the enemy 敵にミサイルを雨あられと浴びせる 2 〖it ～s A 〗Aが雨のように大量に降る [やってくる ].be [g è t ] r à ined ó ut [｟英 ｠ó ff ]〈試合などが 〉雨天中止 [順延 ]になる .Wh è n it r á ins, it p ó urs. ｟米 ｠＝It n è ver r à ins but it p ó urs .｟英 ｠ ｟話 ことわざ ｠「降ればどしゃ降り 」; 2度あることは3度ある (!通例悪いことに用いるが, 時に良いことにも用いる ) .～́ b à rrel ｟米 ｠(雨水用 )天水おけ (｟英 ｠water butt ).～́ ch è ck (!｟主に米 ｠) 1 (試合などの )雨天順延券 .2 (商品在庫切れのときに客に出す )優先提供サービス券 .3 ｟くだけた話 ｠【誘い 申し出などを 】(今ではなく )次回受ける約束 «on » ▸ “How about a drink tonight? ” “I'll take a rain check .”「今晩一杯どう 」「またにするよ 」～́ d à te (雨天順延時の )予備日 .～́ f ò rest ＝rainforest .～́ g à uge [g à ge ]雨量計 .～́ h à t 雨用の帽子 .
rainbow
rain bow /réɪnbòʊ /〖rain (雨 )bow (弓 )〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 虹 （にじ ）; 多彩 ▸ There's a rainbow in the sky .空に虹が出ている ▸ a rainbow of color (s )さまざまな明るい色 事情 虹の色について 7色は外から順にred, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violetで, indigoを除いて6色とすることもある. 頭文字をとって R ichard o f Y ork g ained b attles i n v ain. のように覚えることがある .à ll the c ó lors of the r á inbow いろいろな色 .(at ) the è nd of the r á inbow (手に入れたい [やり遂げたい ]が )手が届かない .ch à se a r á inbow [r á inbows ](不可能な )夢を追い求める .R -̀ Br í dge 〖the ～〗レインボーブリッジ 〘米国ユタ州にある天然砂岩橋 〙.～́ coal ì tion 虹連合 〘さまざまな民族 政治 宗教集団の連合体 〙.～̀ n á tion 多民族国家 .～́ tr ò ut 〘魚 〙ニジマス .
rainbow-colored
r à inbow-c ó lored 形容詞 7色 [虹 （にじ ）色 ]の ; いろいろな色の .
raincoat
rain coat /réɪnkòʊt /名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C レインコート .
raindrop
rain drop /réɪndrɑ̀p |-drɔ̀p /名詞 C (一粒の )雨のしずく, 雨滴, 雨だれ .
rainfall
rain fall /réɪnfɔ̀ːl /名詞 複 ～s /-z /U (ある期間にある地域に降る )降雨 ; 降雨量 (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) ▸ the annual [average ] rainfall 年間 [平均 ] 降雨量 ▸ heavy [light ] rainfall (s )激しい降雨 [小雨 ]▸ a region of high [low ] rainfall 雨量の多い [少ない ]地域
rainforest
r á in f ò rest 名詞 U (熱帯 )雨林 (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) .
rainmaker
r á in m à ker 名詞 C 雨を降らす (能力のある )人, 雨乞い祈禱 （とう ）師 ; 人工降雨専門家 .
rainproof
r á in pr ò of 形容詞 防水の .
rainstorm
r á in st ò rm 名詞 C 暴風雨, 吹き降り .
rainwater
r á in w à ter 名詞 U 雨水 .
rainwear
r á in w è ar 名詞 U 〖集合的に 〗雨着, 防水服 .
rainy
rain y /réɪni /→rain 形容詞 -ier ; -iest 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗雨の多い , 雨の , 雨降りの 〈季節 天候 時期など 〉▸ rainy days 雨が続く日々 ▸ the rainy season 雨季, 梅雨 2 〈空 風などが 〉雨が降りそうな , 雨を含んだ ▸ rainy air 雨をもたらす大気 ▸ rainy winds 雨風 3 〈道などが 〉雨にぬれた ▸ a rainy street 雨にぬれた通り for a r à iny d á y まさかの時のために ▸ You must save [provide ] for a rainy day while the sun shines .できるうちにまさかの時の備えをしておかなければなりませんよ
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