rains
/ɹeɪnz/
rains is the plural of rain.
rains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rain.
Meaning of rain
Noun
rain (usually uncountable, plural rains)
- Condensed water falling from a cloud.
- We've been having a lot of rain lately.
- Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
- An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
- A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
Noun
rains pl (plural only)
- A rainy season; monsoon
- The rains came early this year.
- The soil spawned humanity, as it bred frogs in the Rains, and the gap of the sickness of one season was filled to overflowing by the fecundity of the next.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 29
Proper noun capitalized: Rains
Rains
- A surname.
Words formed from rains
Phrases with rains
Words that rhyme with rains
Questions about rains
- What does rains mean?
- Rains means a rainy season; monsoon.
- What is rains the plural of?
- Rains is the plural of rain.
- What part of speech is rains?
- Rains can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rains?
- Rains is pronounced /ɹeɪnz/.
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