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rain down

rain down verb: to fall from the sky as, or like, rain.

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.
    • I'm soaking wet because it rained down on me.
  2. (transitive) To let fall as, or like, rain.
    • In the latest supernatural incident, the sky rained down frogs.
  3. (intransitive, with on or upon) To strike (literally or figuratively) many times and/or very intensely.
    • My wrath will rain down upon you.
    • The jeers rained down on me throughout my middle school years.
  4. (idiomatic, intransitive) To appear suddenly or inexplicably in large numbers.

Forms of rain down

third-person singular presentrains down
present participleraining down
past participlerained down
pastrained down

Questions about rain down

What does rain down mean?
Rain down means to fall from the sky as, or like, rain.
What part of speech is rain down?
Rain down is a verb.
What is the past tense of rain down?
The past tense of rain down is rained down.

Words near rain down in the dictionary

  1. rain delay
  2. rain delays
  3. rain doctor
  4. rain doctors
  5. rain dogs and cats
  6. rain down
  7. rain fire and brimstone
  8. rain follows the plough
  9. rain follows the plow
  10. rain forest
  11. rain forests

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