rain

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I call these the "wet streets cause rain” stories.

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Quick take

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rain gathered in one view.

noun

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

noun

drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

noun

anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rain.

noun

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

noun

drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

noun

anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"

verb

precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"

Example sentences

I call these the "wet streets cause rain” stories.

I hope a rain of lawsuits make this shit stop.

With wheat or vegetables, no rain == no food.

That plus rain, shady owners trying to blame you for "missing stuff", and people who smoke.

" One day, I'm out playing in the rain, and my father yelled, "Dammit will you get back in here!

They got the money and then did a kind of mindless MBA rain dance until the money was gone.

They will, for example, predict a 20% chance of rain if their models show only a 5% chance.

A few drops of rain increase the chances of being struck by several orders of magnitude.

On behalf of all the idiots that decided to rain on your parade, I would like to apologize.

This combined with large stands of farmland and no trees for windrows means wind blows right across the road and freezes the rain instantly, sometimes right beneath your tires.

Our sails were dragging us down and the wind was up like crazy and the rain rolled in to the point where we no longer could see our competitors who were 75 feet away.

Due to the massive lakes that surround us, we frequently get a blast of warm, wet air that causes rain, and of course that warm wet air is being pushed off the lake by a cold front, causing high winds and sub-freezing temps.

Now Im not sure if that is actually true at Google, but I wouldn't be surprised as I've seen it at many other companies the rain makers are the darlings with dollars to spend, and the back office ops folks are left to struggle with fewer resources.

I crawled up to the bow and cut down one of the sails and hand over handed the thing into the boat, and when we finally got it all sorted out and the rain cut back, we were still sailing at full speed and realized we were in the middle of a reef.

Part of the problem is that the general public doesn't understand what the percentages really signify, so it may be of some benefit to emphasize that it really could rain, it's just not very likely, so it behooves people to at least have some backup plan for rain.