2. Noun. A rainy season. ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of rain) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rains
1. rain [v] - See also: rain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rains
Literary usage of Rains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publicationsby Oxford Historical Society by Oxford Historical Society (1900)
"May-June, great rains and flood, ii. — Nov.-Dec., great rains and flood, ii. ...
3 : followed by great rains and flood, iii. 7- 1682, Jan., mild weather, ii ..."
2. Pneumonia: Its Supposed Connection, Pathological and Etiological, with by René La Roche (1854)
"1 Bad effects of copious rains followed by great and desiccating heat.— A wet
season, or heavy temporary rains, by converting dry and heretofore healthy ..."
3. The Physical Geography of the Sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1856)
"Whence comes the Vapor for rains in extra-tropical Regions ? 305.—Significant
Facts, 310. ... Distribution of rains and Winds not left to Chance, 315. ..."
4. The Earth and Man: Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography, in Its by Arnold Guyot (1868)
"... distribution of the rains — Of- crease of tht quantity of rain waters and of
rainy days, from tke seaboard towards the inlands — Numerous exceptions and ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Winter rains are light and rare ; late summer rains are frequent and come in
comparatively heavy showers ; the withered shrubby growth on the mountain ..."
6. Irrigation and Drainage: Principles and Practice of Their Cultural Phases by Franklin Hiram King (1898)
"The rains of later June and July, August and September are usually beyond the
power of tillage to conserve in any marked degree, ..."
7. Elements of Meteorology, with Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1869)
"PERIODICAL rains OF CONGO. We trace the rainy and dry seasons of Congo, in the
southern hemisphere, to the same cause. In general, from about March to ..."
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