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| Main Entry: |
rain
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop water or other substance |
| Synonyms: | bestow, bucket, come down in buckets, deposit, drizzle, fall, hail, lavish, mist, patter, pour, shower, sleet, sprinkle, storm |
| Notes: | rain is drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds; reign is a period during which somebody is dominant or powerful; rein is one of a pair of long leather straps connected to the bit or bridle and used to control a horse or other animal |
| Main Entry: | lament |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to mourn or grieve deeply |
| Synonyms: | bawl, beat one's breast, bemoan, bewail, bleed, cry, deplore, eat one's heart out, howl, hurt, kick self, moan, rain, regret, repine, rue, sing, sob, sorrow, take it hard, wail, weep |
| Notes: | bemoan is motivated when pity or grief is over an event that is joined to a consequence, whereas lament is motivated when the grief is over the event itself |
| Antonyms: | celebrate, compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | mist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cloud, steam up |
| Synonyms: | becloud, befog, blur, dim, drizzle, film, fog, haze, mizzle, murk, obscure, overcast, overcloud, rain, shower, sprinkle, steam |
| Antonyms: | burn off, uncloud |
| Main Entry: | pelt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; throw hard |
| Synonyms: | assail, batter, belabor, belt, bombard, career, cast, charge, dash, hammer, hurl, knock, lapidate, pepper, pound, pour, pummel, rain, rush, shoot, shower, sling, speed, stone, strike, swat, tear, thrash, wallop |
| Main Entry: | pour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make flowing |
| Synonyms: | cascade, cataract, course, crowd, decant, deluge, discharge, drain, drench, emit, flood, flow, give off, gush, inundate, issue, jet, let flow, proceed, rain, rill, roll, run, rush, sheet, shower, sluice, spew, spill, splash, spout, spring, stream, surge, swarm, teem, throng |
| Main Entry: | remonstrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue against |
| Synonyms: | animadvert, blame, censure, challenge, combat, complain, criticize, decry, demur, deprecate, disapprove, disparage, dispute, dissent, except, expostulate, fight, find fault, frown upon, inveigh, kick*, nag, object, oppose, pick at, protest, rain, recriminate, resist, scold, sound off, take exception, take issue, withstand |
| Antonyms: | agree, concede, give in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sprinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scatter, disseminate |
| Synonyms: | baptize, christen, dampen, dot, dredge, dust, freckle, mist, moisten, pepper, powder, rain, shake, shower, smear, speck, speckle, spit, spot, spray, spritz, squirt, strew, stud |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, rush |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, assault, beset, blow violently, bluster, breathe fire, burn up, carry on*, charge, come at, complain, drizzle, drop, fly, fume, go on, howl, pour, rage, rain, rant, rave, rip, roar, scold, set in, sizzle, sound off, spit, squall, stalk, steam up, stomp, strike, take by storm, take on*, tear, thunder* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | teem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be abundant, full |
| Synonyms: | abound, be crawling with, be full of, be numerous, be plentiful, be prolific, bear, brim, bristle, burst, burst at seams, bustle, crawl, crowd, flow, grow, jam, overflow, overrun, pack, pour, pour out, produce, prosper, pullulate, rain, roll in, shower, superabound, swarm, swell, swim in, wallow in |
| Antonyms: | lack, need, want |
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