verb
precipitate as rain
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If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding
• Syn: ↑rain
• Hypernyms: ↑precipitate, ↑come down, ↑fall
• Hyponyms:
↑drizzle, ↑mizzle, ↑shower, ↑shower down, ↑sprinkle, ↑spit, ↑spatter, ↑patter, ↑pitter-patter, ↑pour, ↑pelt, ↑stream, ↑rain cats and dogs, ↑rain buckets
• Verb Frames:
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It is ——ing
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Something ——s something
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It was rain downing all day long
Useful english dictionary. 2012.