rain
verb
if it rains, water falls in drops from clouds in the sky
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To rain or snow
come down
if rain, snow etc comes down, it falls to the ground, especially in large amounts
beat down
if the rain beats down, it rains very hard
lash down
to rain in large amounts and with a lot of force
the heavens opened
used for saying that very heavy rain started to fall
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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