(rain lightly)
1rain — n 1. precipitation, raindrops; fine or light rain, serein, drizzle, sprinkle, Chiefly Dial. mizzle, mist; rainfall, cloudburst, rainstorm, shower, sun shower, thundershower, thunderstorm, electrical storm, thundersquall, squall, hurricane;… …
2rain — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ driving, hard, lashing (esp. BrE), pelting, pounding (esp. AmE) ▪ drenching, heavy, pouring, torr …
3lightly — adv. Lightly is used with these adjectives: ↑armed, ↑armoured, ↑clothed, ↑loaded, ↑scented, ↑spicy, ↑tanned, ↑wooded Lightly is used with these verbs: ↑beat, ↑brush, ↑bu …
4it drizzles — rain lightly. → drizzle …
5it mizzles — rain lightly. → mizzle …
6sprinkle — I. verb (sprinkled; sprinkling) Etymology: Middle English sprenklen, sprinclen; akin to Middle High German spreckel, sprenkel spot Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to scatter in drops or particles 2. a. to scatter over b. to scatter at… …
7drizzling — adj. raining lightly driz·zle || drɪzl n. light rain v. rain lightly …
8mist — n 1. cloud, vapor, haze, gauze, film; fog, brume, Inf. pea soup; smog. 2. drizzle, Dial. mizzle, fine rain, light rain, misty rain. v 3. cloud, becloud, cloud up, cloud over; fog, befog; blur, dim, film, pale, soften, defocus, go soft around the… …
9drizzle — 1. verb /ˈdrɪz.l/ a) To rain lightly. The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle it in olive oil. b) To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking. The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle olive oil on it …
10mizzle — miz·zle || mɪzl n. drizzle, light rain; drizzling rain v. drizzle, rain lightly …