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# raindrop

«raindrop» in Mova's school dictionary: **a single small drop of water that falls from a cloud as rain** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a raindrop, raindrops)

### meaning for a pupil

A raindrop is a single small drop of water that falls from a cloud as rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raindrop/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science raindrops appear in the water cycle: water vapour condenses in clouds into tiny droplets that join together until they are heavy enough to fall. Sunlight passing through raindrops makes a rainbow. In stories and poems raindrops show weather and mood. Phrases: «the first raindrops», «raindrops on the window».

### examples

- A raindrop landed on my nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raindrop/#x1)
- Raindrops raced down the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raindrop/#x2)
- The first raindrops fell as we reached the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raindrop/#x3)
- Sunlight shining through raindrops makes a rainbow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raindrop/#x4)
- Tiny droplets join to make a raindrop heavy enough to fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raindrop/#x5)
- Raindrops are round, not shaped like tears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raindrop/#x6)
- We counted raindrops in the puddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raindrop/#x7)
- The leaves were covered with raindrops after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raindrop/#x8)

### note

Countable: «a raindrop», «raindrops». A compound of «rain» and «drop», one word. Myth: raindrops are not tear-shaped; small ones are round and bigger ones are flattened like a bun.

### In the corpora

- [Web spiders feel vibrations so well they can tell a trapped insect from a leaf or a raindrop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/7/)
- [Sky-water (rain).» Just then a real raindrop falls on her hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water/10/)
- [A rainbow appears when raindrops bend sunlight and split it into its colours; you see one only with the Sun behind you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/28-colour-in-nature/15/)
- [A rainbow forms when sunlight bends and splits inside raindrops.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/9/)
- [A rainbow forms when sunlight bends inside raindrops and splits into colours; you cannot reach the end of a rainbow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/326-rainbows-beach-quakes-lambs-berries-cacti-and-ants/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «raindrop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raindrop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.