Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rain
nounraining (plural rainings)
plural rainings
- A fall of rain.
It was raining heavily.
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This is a way of saying that the subatomic structure of the verb “to rain” explicitly marks rainings as a kind of change that places undergo.
2013, Maite Ezcurdia, Robert J. Stainton, The Semantics-Pragmatics Boundary in Philosophy, page 363
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivefalling in drops or as if falling like rain
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with raining
trainingremainingmaintainingentertaininggainingretainingcomplainingdrainingwaningreigningplaningchainingreiningcaningfeigningcraningaquatrainingpotty trainingpotty untrainingunpotty trainingunstaining
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APA
raining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raining
MLA
“raining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raining. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raining,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raining.
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