Falling and Raining

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Falling adjective - Coming down freely under the influence of gravity.

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Raining and falling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Raining" instead an adjective "Falling".

Nearby Words: fall, fallen

Raining adjective - Falling in drops or as if falling like rain.

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Falling and raining are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Falling" instead an adjective "Raining".

Nearby Words: rain, rainy, rained

Meanwhile, "Red Rain" (the opening track of So) was inspired by two dreams: one involved him drinking red wine in his backyard pool, and the other involved person-shaped bottles falling off of a cliff, breaking open, and spilling red liquid, followed by similar red liquid raining down from the sky.

Source: Based on a Dream
This is then subverted when, after he leaves, donuts start falling from the sky en masse and Marge becomes annoyed that "it's raining again".

Source: Ironic Hell
As soon as he leaves, doughnuts start falling from the sky and one of the Simpsons comments "its raining".

Source: Bad Future

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