raining

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raining

/ˈɹeɪnɪŋ/

Sounds like reining, reigning · Rhymes with -eɪnɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of rain

noun rainings

A fall of rain. It was raining heavily.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: descending, rainwater, rainy, rainfall, scattering, drizzling, pouring, showering, sprinkling, spitting, sleeting, storming, pelting, teeming, precipitating, bucketing

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"raining." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/raining. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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raining. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/raining

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"raining." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/raining.

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@misc{raining_2026,
  title = {raining},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/raining},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}