Rain and Spray

Rain

Rain noun - A steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity.

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Spray and rain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spray" instead the word "Rain" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: rainy, rainless, rained, rainstorm, raining

Spray noun - Water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall.

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Rain and spray are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rain" instead the word "Spray" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: sprayed, sprayer, spraying

gentle	gentle rain	gentle spray
normal	normal rain	normal spray
continuous	continuous rain	continuous spray
small	small rain	small spray
Other adjectives: constant, extreme, blue, little, acidic, different, resulting.

fire	rain fire	spray fire
substance	rain substance	spray substance
amount	rain amount	spray amount
blood	rain blood	spray blood
Other words: milk, oil, enemy, bullets, shots, amounts, spikes.

The combination of rain, fog, the fact that it's evening and the spray from the ship disguises this unless you're looking for it.

Source: Wraparound Background
Battle in the Rain: Due to the spray from the falls, Holmes' confrontation with Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls plays out like this.

Source: Recap / Sherlock Special The Abominable Bride
Product Placement: "Hicktown" is full of it: Ford Bronco, White Rain hair spray, Pall Mall cigarettes, Amoco gas stationsnote Amoco was already bought out by BP by the time of the song's release, but it's not uncommon for people to refer to businesses by their former names, and Kraco speakers.

Source: Music / Jason Aldean

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