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# rainstorm

«rainstorm» in Mova's school dictionary: **A storm with heavy rain, often with strong wind** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a rainstorm, rainstorms)

### meaning for a pupil

A storm with heavy rain, often with strong wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rainstorm/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In weather and geography lessons, rainstorms can cause floods. Safety: stay indoors, keep away from rivers and flooded roads.

### examples

- The rainstorm flooded the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rainstorm/#x1)
- We sheltered from the rainstorm under a bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rainstorm/#x2)
- A rainstorm hit the town at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rainstorm/#x3)
- The rainstorm stopped the football match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rainstorm/#x4)
- Never walk through floodwater after a rainstorm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rainstorm/#x5)
- After the rainstorm there was a rainbow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rainstorm/#x6)

### note

Plural: rainstorms. Similar: downpour, cloudburst.

### Trees and pragmatics

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