"rain down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-rain down.ogg Forms: rains down [present, singular, third-person], raining down [participle, present], rained down [participle, past], rained down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rain down (third-person singular simple present rains down, present participle raining down, simple past and past participle rained down)
  1. (intransitive) To fall from the sky as, or like, rain. Tags: intransitive Translations (to fall from the sky, as rain): 雨下する (uka suru) (alt: うかする) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-rain_down-en-verb-aYUOoXSS Disambiguation of 'to fall from the sky, as rain': 85 14 1 0
  2. (transitive) To let fall as, or like, rain. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rain_down-en-verb-oZ7mUBle Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 47 34 15 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 7 43 32 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 7 40 30 23
  3. (intransitive, with on or upon) To strike (literally or figuratively) many times and/or very intensely. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-rain_down-en-verb-KEsio-p2
  4. (idiomatic, intransitive) To appear suddenly or inexplicably in large numbers. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-rain_down-en-verb-m69L9TNI

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for rain down meaning in English (2.8kB)

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