rainless Definition

rain
noun

1a. Condensed moisture falling as separate water droplets from the atmosphere;

Thesaurus: drizzle, spit.
1b. A shower; a fall of rain.

Thesaurus: shower, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, torrent, squall.
2. A fall, especially a heavy one, of anything in the manner of rain.

Example: a rain of bullets
3. The season of heavy rainfall in tropical countries.

Form: rains

verb rained, raining

intr
1. Said of rain: to fall.

Thesaurus: shower, pour, drizzle, sprinkle, drop, fall.
tr & intr
2. To fall or cause something to fall like rain.

Example: rain down compliments on her head
Thesaurus: heap, shower, lavish, expend.

Derivative: rainless
adj

Idiom: come rain or shine

Whatever the weather or circumstances.

Idiom: rain cats and dogs

colloq
To rain very hard.

Idiom: rained off

(rit)
Said of a sporting or other event: to be cancelled because of rain.

Idiom: right as rain

colloq
Perfectly all right or in order. See also rainy.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon regn.