Rains vs. Rain

Rainsnoun

A rainy season.

‘The rains came early this year.’;

Rainnoun

Condensed water falling from a cloud.

‘We've been having a lot of rain lately.’; ‘The rains came late that year.’;

Rainnoun

(figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

Rainnoun

(figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

‘A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.’;

Rainverb

(impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.

‘It will rain today.’;

Rainverb

(intransitive) To fall as or like rain.

‘It will rain fire and brimstone at the end of days.’; ‘Tears rained from her eyes.’; ‘Leaves rained from the tree.’; ‘Bombs rained from the sky.’;

Rainverb

(transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.

‘The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.’;

Rainverb

(obsolete) To reign.

Rainnoun

Reign.

Rainnoun

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.’; ‘Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain.’;

Rainverb

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.’;

Rainverb

To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.

Rainverb

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.’;

Rainverb

To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.

Rainnoun

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

Rainnoun

drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

Rainnoun

anything happening rapidly or in quick successive;

‘a rain of bullets’; ‘a pelting of insults’;

Rainverb

precipitate as rain;

‘If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding’;

Rainnoun

the condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops

‘it's pouring with rain’; ‘the rain had not stopped for days’;

Rainnoun

falls of rain

‘the plants were washed away by unusually heavy rains’;

Rainnoun

a large or overwhelming quantity of things that fall or descend

‘he fell under the rain of blows’;

Rainverb

rain falls

‘it was beginning to rain’;

Rainverb

(of the sky, the clouds, etc.) send down rain

‘the low sky raining over tower'd Camelot’;

Rainverb

fall or cause to fall in large or overwhelming quantities

‘bombs rained down’; ‘she rained blows on to him’;

Rainverb

used to convey that a specified thing is falling in large quantities

‘it was just raining glass’;

Rain

Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then become heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth.