raining

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪnɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ
• Homophones: reining, reigning

Verb

raining

1. present participle and gerund of rain

Noun

raining (plural rainings)

1. A fall of rain.
   • 2013, Maite Ezcurdia, Robert J. Stainton, The Semantics-Pragmatics Boundary in Philosophy, page 363:

     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.

Anagrams

• Ingrian, ingrain