Rained

Rained is the past tense and past participle of the verb rain. Rain is the liquid precipitation that falls from clouds when atmospheric conditions produce droplets large enough to overcome air resistance. The verb rain is intransitive, describing a weather phenomenon rather than an action performed on an object. In standard usage, sentences such as “It rained yesterday” or “Rain fell for several hours” convey a completed rainfall event.

Grammatical forms include “rains” (present), “raining” (present participle), “rained” (past), and “has rained” or “had rained” (present and past perfect). The choice of tense situates rainfall in time: “It is raining” describes current precipitation; “It has rained” indicates rainfall at some time up to now.

Etymology: The noun rain originates from Old English rēn; the verb to rain appears in Middle English as a derived form from the noun. The term has cognates in other Germanic languages, reflecting a shared linguistic heritage for weather-related terms.

Usage and context: In meteorology, rainfall is quantified and categorized (drizzle, shower, steady rain, or downpour). The adjective form of the verb conveys past events, while measurements of rain amount rely on precipitation data rather than the verb form. The expression “it rained” is common in everyday narration and weather reporting.