raining
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- falling in drops or as if falling like rain“watched the raining apple blossoms”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Rain \Rain\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rained (r[=a]nd); 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. [1913 Webster]
The rain it raineth every day.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes. [1913 Webster]