rain

rain
[rein] 1. noun
1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) dež
2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) dež
2. verb
1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) deževati
2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) deževati
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- raininess
- rainbow
- rain check: take a rain check
- raincoat
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain forest
- rain-gauge
- keep
- save for a rainy day
- rain cats and dogs
- the rains
- as right as rain
- right as rain
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I [réin]
noun
dež (& figuratively), naliv, plural deževje, nalivi
the rains — deževna doba (v tropih)
the Rains nautical deževna cona (Atlantika, ɔ°-10° sev. širine)
a rain of ashes — dež pepela
a rain of compliments (congratulations) — dež, ploha komplimentov (čestitk)
rain or shine — ob vsakem vremenu, figuratively v vseh okoliščinah, naj se zgodi, kar hoče
a heavy rain — naliv, ploha
we shall go rain or shine — šli bomo, pa naj dežuje ali sije sonce, ob vsakem vremenu
it was pouring with rain — lilo je v potokih
to stand in the rain — stati v dežju
II [réin]
intransitive verb
deževati; liti; (o nebu) poslati dež; (o solzah) teči, liti; figuratively padati, priti v gomilah, v množicah; deževati s prasketanjem (upon na); transitive verb liti, deževati (kaj), pustiti padati (dež), figuratively prelivati (solze); metati (kamenje) (upon na)
it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining pitch forks — lije kot iz škafa
it rained all night — vso noč je deževalo
it is likely to rain — kaže na dež, dež preti
it rained heavy drops — debele kaplje so deževale
blows rained upon him — udarci so deževali nanj
to rain stair-rods slang deževati v ravnih, vertikalnih curkih
tears rained down her cheeks — solze so ji lile po licih
her eyes rained tears — iz oči so ji lile, tekle solze
it never rains but it pours figuratively nesreča nikoli ne pride sama
it rains in — dežuje noter (v sobo)
it has rained itself out — izlilo se je

English-Slovenian dictionary. 2013.

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