Rain vs Bruno - What's the difference?
rain | bruno |
Condensed water falling from a cloud.
(figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
(figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
(impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
To fall as or like rain.
* Shakespeare
To fall in large quantities.
To issue (something) in large quantities.
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* 1983 (Mike Royko), Studs Terkel, One More Time.The Best of Mike Royko , University of Chicago Press (2000), ISBN 0226730727, page 169:
(folklore) A name for the bear.
A city in Minnesota
A village in Nebraska
A municipality in Piedmont, Italy
A town in Saskatchewan
As a noun rain
is .As a verb bruno is
.rain
English
Noun
(en-noun)- We've been having a lot of rain lately .
- The rains came late that year.
- A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Usage notes
* shower, downpour, drop are some of the words used to count rain.Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
en verb)- It will rain today.
- The rain it raineth every day.
- Tears rained from her eyes.
- Bombs rained from the sky.
- The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
Derived terms
* Also see * it never rains but it pours * rain cats and dogs, rain dogs and cats * rain down * rain offSee also
* drizzle * hail * mizzle * precipitation * serein * shower * sleet * snow * storm *Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----bruno
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- He was the man who brought us those great bruising, bristle-chinned teams, with players who had fearsome names like Bruno and Bulldog.