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rains, reigns, reigns, reins, reins
rains (RAYNZ) (verb)
1. To give or to distribute in a generous manner: Every Christmas season goodwill rains in our community.
2. To precipitate water from the clouds: It rains at least three times a week in the rain forest.
2. To precipitate water from the clouds: It rains at least three times a week in the rain forest.
reigns (RAYNZ) (noun)
Time periods that an individual rules a country, often through a hereditary process: The reigns of the three kings extended for more than 150 years.
reigns (RAYNZ) (verb)
To exert power or management of an institution or place: Sally is the one who reigns in her kitchen because she is the only one who can cook in the family!
reins (RAYNZ) (verb)
To slow down or to stop oneself or an animal: Douglas noticed that, although the horse is very lively, the rider reins him in very well.
reins (RAYNZ) (noun)
The straps attached to the bit placed in the mouth of animals for the purpose of guiding or restraining them: Mildred holds the reins loosely in her hands while she is driving the team of horses and the wagon.
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken, you reign over it.
Throughout the reigns of the great lords, the members of parliament have held the reins of power and a sense of peace and security rains throughout the land.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group R; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“rains”
Rain, or other precipitation that has an excessive concentration of sulfuric or nitric acids; acidic rain; acidic precipitation: Acid rain is a popular term for the atmospheric deposition of acidified rain, snow, sleet, hail, acidifying gases and particles, as well as acidified fog and cloud water.
Any kind of precipitation or fog water having a pH less than 5.65 is termed to be acid rain.
Acid rain is the deposition of acidifying substances from the atmosphere during an event of precipitation.
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acid-, acidi-, acido-, -acidity
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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capit-, capt-, cap-, cep-, ceps-, chapt-, chef, cip-
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rain cats and dogs (verb), rains cats and dogs; rained cats and dogs; raining cats and dogs
To rain very hard or heavily: When Jill looked out of the window during the storm, she said, "We can't go shopping now because it's raining cats and dogs!"
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