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adjective

Definition of precipitatingnext
as in rainy
marked by or abounding with rain thick, precipitating clouds that just stayed in our region for days

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precipitating

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verb

present participle of precipitate
as in raining
to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds the air mass was dry, as much of the moisture had precipitated out on the other side of the mountains

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precipitating
  1. rainy
  2. wet
  3. pouring
  4. flooding
Adjective
  • On a recent rainy Wednesday in Manhattan, Leonid Kogut sat and looked in awe at Apex, a stegosaurus that spans 27 feet.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Landed during the rainy season in a swamp, the emigrants found neither fresh water nor waterproof dwellings awaiting them, though they were shortly regaled with a supply of skates!
    Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of rainy
Adjective
  • Some wet weather could impact parts of the East on Christmas Day.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Their warm and wet climates couldn’t produce the brawny horses needed for their cavalries.
    David Chaffetz, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of wet
Verb
  • Venture funding has begun pouring back into crypto.
    Rob Toews, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • But, in the tumult of the snap election, dubious and outright vile comments came pouring forth.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of pouring
Verb
  • Reports in British media suggest the area was affected by flooding at the time of the incident, as Storm Darragh battered the United Kingdom with strong winds and rain over the weekend.
    Ben Church, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Plenty of the end-of-year lists flooding your algorithm, including others of ours, are group-thinks, and the collective wisdom of the hive mind has obvious value.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of flooding
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