downpour
English
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Tropical downpour
Etymology
down- + pour
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdaʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/
Noun
downpour (plural downpours)
- A heavy rain.
- Synonyms: cloudburst, rainstorm
- They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked.
Translations
heavy rain
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Verb
downpour (third-person singular simple present downpours, present participle downpouring, simple past and past participle downpoured)
- (intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
- 2002, Patricia Koretchuk, Chasing the comet: a Scottish-Canadian life - Page 211:
- It started to downpour, so Billy and I made our way back to our house, with Scotty following—or so I thought.
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Derived terms
- downpouring
Translations
rain heavily
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Anagrams
- pour down