безл. гл.
1.: ако не ~ if the rain keeps off; ~ дъжд/град/сняг it rains, it hails, it snows; ~ като из ведро/ръкав it is pouring with rain, it is raining in buckets, it’s bucketing down, the rain comes down in sheets/showers, the rain falls in torrents; it’s raining cats and dogs/ducks and drakes, амер. it rains pitchforks; ~, не ~ (каквото и да е времето) rain or shine; валя ни дъжд we were caught in the rain; ~ слабо it is drizzling; май ще ~ it looks like rain, it threatens rain;
2. прен. (трупа се) hail (on s.o.); поздравленията валят като град greetings are showering/hailing on us.