Is there a word rained?

Is there a word rained?

a heavy and continuous descent or inflicting of anything: a rain of blows; a rain of vituperation. (of rain) to fall (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It rained all night. to fall like rain: Tears rained from their eyes. to send down rain: The lightning flashed and the sky rained on us in torrents.

What does it mean to get rained on?

rain on (someone or something) Make sure you cover up the equipment outside. I don’t want it getting rained on. 2. To pour or fall on someone or something from above in a rain-like shower. To cause some liquid, loose substance, or multitude of small objects to fall down in a shower on someone or something.

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What does it has been raining all day mean?

It has been raining all day = It has not stopped raining at all and it is still raining. It was raining earlier/It rained earlier = It is (probably) not raining now but it did rain at an unspecified time earlier. It has stopped raining = It is not raining now but it was raining earlier.

Is “it was raining all day yesterday” grammatically correct?

Yes, it is grammatically correct. But usually we don’t use the past perfect or the past perfect progressive in an isolated or singled out context. In this case, you could have just said: It was raining all day yesterday. However, you could use your sentence this way: It had been raining all day yesterday when I left my office late in the evening.

Is “it had been raining” a past continuous sentence?

“It had been raining” refers to a continuous state. So, you have combined these phrases incorrectly. The sense of a past continuous sentence is that By time X, state/action Y had been going on for Z amount of time. Here is a model sentence:

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How do you use the word rain in a sentence?

1. It rained a lot (in/for/over) the last/past two days. (Simple past to signal calendar days) 2. It has rained a lot (in/for/over) the last/past two days. (Present perfect to signal the 48 hours leading up to this hour)