verb
Meaning 1
To rain heavily
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
rain buckets
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verb
Meaning 2
rain heavily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rain, rain down
Narrower terms: sheet, sluice, sluice down
History
Etymology
From figurative sense of pouring from buckets.