Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [1122]
rain·wa·ter noun : water fallen as rain
rainy adjective : marked by, abounding with, or bringing rain
Synonyms
stormy, wet; also drizzling, spitting, sprinkling, misty
1raise verb raised; rais·ing 1 : to cause or help to rise : LIFT <~ a window>
2 : AWAKEN, AROUSE 3 : to set upright by lifting or building : ERECT <~ a monument> 4 : to place higher in rank or dignity : PROMOTE 5 : END <~ a siege> 6 : COLLECT <~ money> 7 a : to cause to grow : GROW <~ cattle> <~ corn> b : to bring to maturity : BRING UP <~ a family> 8 : to cause to arise or appear : stimulate the appearance of <~ a laugh> 9 : to bring to notice <~ an objection> 10 : to cause to rise in level or amount : INCREASE <~ prices>; also : to bet more than 11 : to make light and spongy <~ dough> 12 : to multiply a quantity by itself a specified number of times 13 : to cause to form <~ a blister> — rais·er noun Synonyms [1] boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack, lift, pick up, up, uphold; also ascend, mount, rise; rear, upend Antonyms drop, lower [3] assemble, build, construct, erect, fabricate, make, make up, piece, put up, rear, set up—more at BUILD [7a] crop, cultivate, culture, grow, promote, rear, tend—more at GROW [7b] breed, bring up, foster, rear—more at BRING UP [8] elicit, evoke [9] bring up, broach, introduce, moot—more at INTRODUCE [10] add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, increase, multiply, swell, up—more at INCREASE 2raise noun : an increase in amount (as of a bid or bet or one's pay) Synonyms accretion, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increase, increment, plus, proliferation, rise, supplement—more at INCREASE rai·sin noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF, grape, raisin, fr. L racemus cluster of grapes or berries] : a grape dried for food rai·son d'être noun, plural rai·sons d'être : reason or justification for existence ra·ja or ra·jah noun [ORIGIN: Hindi rājā, fr. Skt rājan king] : an Indian prince 1rake noun : a long-handled garden tool having a crossbar with prongs 2rake verb raked; rak·ing 1 : to gather, loosen, or smooth with or as if with a rake 2 : to sweep the length of (as a trench or ship) with gunfire 3 : to search through Synonyms dig, dredge, hunt, ransack, rifle, rummage, scour, search—more at SEARCH 3rake noun : inclination from either perpendicular or horizontal : SLANT 4rake noun : a dissolute man : LIBERTINE rake–off noun : a percentage or cut taken 1rakish adjective : DISSOLUTE — rak·ish·ness noun 2rakish adjective 1 : having a trim appearance indicative of speed 2 : JAUNTY, SPORTY <~ clothes> — rak·ish·ness noun rak·ish·ly adverb : in a rakish manner Synonyms flamboyantly, flashily, gaily, jauntily—more at GAILY