rain
part of speech
noun (rain); verb (rain, rains, rained, raining)
meaning for a pupil
1) Rain is water that falls from clouds in drops. tree →
2) When it rains, water falls from the sky and the ground gets wet. tree →
3) A rain of something is a lot of it falling: a rain of arrows. tree →
4) «Rain check» (USA) means doing something another time. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah rain is a gift from God. It is also a tool of judgment, as in the Flood and the fire on Sodom. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that God controls the rain and gives it as a reward for faithfulness. The Flood is read as a punishment for human violence. In the primary lessons: In maths: weather in the story; amounts of rain in inches or millimeters, days with rain; added, compared or averaged. In science: the water cycle (evaporation, clouds, rain), rain gauges, floods and droughts. In everyday life: raincoats, umbrellas, rained-off games. In stories: «it never rains but it pours», «right as rain» (well again).
examples
- And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. (Torah GEN.7.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. (Torah GEN.8.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; (Torah GEN.19.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields; (Writings JOB.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. (Writings PSA.105.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; (Writings SNG.2.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- It rained 3 inches on Monday and 2 inches on Tuesday. tree →
- It rained on 9 days in April. tree →
- The game was stopped by rain after 40 minutes. tree →
- How much rain fell in the week? tree →
- Rain falls when water drops in clouds get too heavy. tree →
- Take your umbrella, it's going to rain. tree →
- We measured the rain with a jar in the garden. tree →
- Plants need rain to grow. tree →
- After a good sleep she felt right as rain. tree →
- The rain was falling in torrents. tree →
note
Amounts of rain on different days are usually added or compared. Trap: «it rained for 3 days» counts days, «3 inches of rain» is an amount. «Rain» the noun is uncountable: «a lot of rain», not «rains» (except «the rains», a rainy season). Homophones: reign (a king's rule) and rein (strap for a horse). Safety: stay away from flooded roads and rivers after heavy rain.
In the corpora
- And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
- the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
- Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
- And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
- Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rain» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.