rainy

«rainy» in Mova's school dictionary: with a lot of rain: a rainy day, a rainy country — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (rainy, rainier, rainiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Rainy means with a lot of rain: a rainy day, a rainy country. tree →

2) A rainy season is the time of year when it rains most. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science, rainy places have wet climates; tropical areas have a rainy season and a dry season. In everyday life, rainy days mean indoor games, umbrellas and wellies. Phrases: a rainy day, rainy season, save for a rainy day (save money for when you will need it).

examples

• It was a rainy morning, so we played inside. tree →
• Take an umbrella, it looks rainy. tree →
• Ireland is a rainy country. tree →
• In the rainy season, rivers flood. tree →
• I like reading on rainy days. tree →
• Save some pocket money for a rainy day. tree →
• The rainiest month here is November. tree →
• Rainy weather makes the roads slippery. tree →
• It was late in the autumn, with rainy and cloudy weather. tree →

note

Comparative: rainier, rainiest. Do not confuse rainy with raining (verb: «It is raining») or rain (noun). «Saving for a rainy day» is not about weather.

In the corpora

• He spent his holiday in rainy Skegness.
• You remember Mia's tummy ache and Chloe's grandma's birthday, and you "lived" a rainy school trip.
• Every rainy season the Amazon rises by up to ten metres or more and floods huge areas of forest for months.
• After a rainy night a boy in Ireland finds worms drying out on the path to school.
• Being wet makes you cold quickly, so a waterproof coat and boots are worn on rainy days.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rainy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.