raining
verbnouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈɹeɪnɪŋ//
A fall of rain.
verb
- 1
Also a form of rainpresent participle and gerund of rain
noun
- 1
A fall of rain.
It was raining heavily.
This is a way of saying that the subatomic structure of the verb “to rain” explicitly marks rainings as a kind of change that places undergo.
Forms
- plural
- rainings