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raining

/ˈɹeɪnɪŋ/

Meanings
  • The process of water falling from clouds in the form of rain.

    - "It's raining cats and dogs."
    - "The sound of raindrops on the windowpane is soothing."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with raining
raining , chaining , gaining , paining , staining , waining , vaining
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,
  1. Raining (en) :

  2. Raining (en) :


Variants
List of all variants of raining that leads to same result
rain , rain cats and dogs , rained , rained cats and dogs , raining , raining cats and dogs , rains , rains cats and dogs , rain out , rained out , raining out , rainout , rainouts , rains out
Forms
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raining, it is raining, it rains, it pours, it rains cats and dogs


Etymology
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The word 'raining' comes from the Old English word 'regan', which means 'to flow' or 'to pour forth'. This word is related to the Old English words 'regen', meaning 'rain', and 'regan', meaning 'to flow' or 'to pour forth'.


Trivia
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  1. Rain is the most common form of precipitation.

  2. The hardest rain to dance in is a torrential downpour.

  3. In some parts of the world, it is considered good luck when it rains on your wedding day.

  4. The sound of raindrops on a windowpane is often used as a calming and soothing sound in music and other forms of media.

  5. According to folklore, if you can smell rain before it starts to fall, then you have a highly sensitive nose.


Related Concepts
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  1. Precipitation: Any form of water that falls from the atmosphere to the ground, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.


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