Hypertext Webster Gateway: "raining"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rain \Rain\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rained}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Raining}.] [AS. regnian, akin to G. regnen, Goth. rignjan.
See {Rain}, n.]
1. To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; used mostly
with it for a nominative; as, it rains.
The rain it raineth every day. --Shak.
2. To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears
rained from their eyes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
raining
adj : falling in drops or as if falling like rain; "watched the
raining apple blossoms"
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