Словарь синонимов английского языка - rain

(n) 1. precipitation, drizzle, sprinkle, downpour, shower, thunder-shower, cloudburst, rainstorm, squall, deluge, US sunshower: After the rain the sun came out. 2. rainfall, precipitation: The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain. 3. flood, torrent, shower, volley, stream, outpouring: Arriving home, she could barely shield herself from the rain of children's kisses. -(v) 4. come down, pour, teem, sprinkle, drizzle, spit, Brit dialect mizzle, Colloq come down in buckets, rain cats and dogs: The weatherman said it would rain today, so take an umbrella. 5. trickle, pour, run, fall: Tears rained down her callow cheeks. 6. descend, shower: Blows rained on him from the tiny fists of the furious child. 7. bestow, lavish, shower* He rained kisses on her upturned face.