Rain Down

Definition: Rain Down

Rain Down

Verb

1. Precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding.".

Synonym: Rain Down

Synonym: rain (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Rain Down

English words defined with "rain down": hatless ♦ indeed ♦ sheet, shower, shower down, so. (references)

Specialty definitions using "rain down": CORONAL RAIN ♦ Downspout Leader. (references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	In lettin' my love rain down on you, ("Biggest Part of Me"; performing artist: Ambrosia) Now I, I wish it would rain down, down on me ("I Wish It Would Rain Down"; performing artist: Phil Collins)
Song Titles	I Wish It Would Rain Down (performing artist: Phil Collins)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "rain down"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		schneien (snow, to snow), niederprasseln (beat down, hail down, hammer down, lash down). (various references)

Pig Latin		ainray ownday.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	pluam, pluant, pluat, pluerat, plueret, pluerit, pluet, plui, pluit, pluitque. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"Rain Down" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Raindown. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-i-n-n-o-r-w"
	-1 letter: andiron, indrawn.
	-2 letters: inroad, inward, nonwar, onward, ordain, wanion.
	-3 letters: adorn, adown, anion, aroid, danio, dinar, diwan, donna, drain, drawn, drown, indow, nadir, noria, radio, radon, ranid, rawin, rowan.
	-4 letters: airn, anon, arid, darn, dawn, dona, down, draw, inro, iron, naoi, nard, nodi, noir, nona, nori, orad, raid, rain, rand, rani, rind, road, roan, wadi, wain, wair, wand, ward, warn, wind, wino, woad, word, worn.
	-5 letters: ado, aid, ain, air, and, ani, awn, daw, din, don, dor, dow, inn, ion, nan, naw, nod, nor, now, oar, ora, own, rad, ran, raw, ria, rid, rin, rod, row, wad, wan, war, win, won.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-i-n-n-o-r-w"
	+2 letters: rawinsonde.
	+3 letters: downgrading, rawinsondes.
	+4 letters: snowboarding.
	+5 letters: landownership, snowboardings.
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