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View synonyms for rains

rains

/ reɪnz /

plural noun

  1. the rains
    the rains the season of heavy rainfall, esp in the tropics


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The machine, Rains said, would record scores of up to 1,000,000 points.

Rains said that the problem had came up before and that the engineers were working on it.

Monsoon rains sparked widespread flooding that submerged the camp in water.

Sheets of torrential rains pouring down over the Land Rover sent its four wheels plunging into the mud.

A lake may dry up in one region, but a new one can form when rains fill a basin elsewhere.

I do not know what I think; all my thoughts seem whirling round as leaves do in brooks in the time of the spring rains.

The delicious soft rains set in early, promising a good grain year.

Now that it rains there's no more room under your umbrella than there was a few moments ago, when the sun was shining.

Meanwhile, the river had risen until it could no longer be confined in its bed, on account of the long winter rains.

Me alone they cannot kill, so long as maiden and man meet together or the spring follows the winter rains.

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