pleuvoir à verse — meaning in English

English meaning

• bucket noun A round, open container with a handle, used to carry liquids or loose items.
• downpour noun A sudden, very heavy fall of rain.
• pelt noun The skin of an animal, especially with the fur or hair still attached.

Senses

pleuvoir à verse is used for these senses in English:

• bucket (intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
• downpour (intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
• pelt Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
• rain cats and dogs (idiomatic, impersonal) To rain very heavily.

bucket — full definition

1. noun A round, open container with a handle, used to carry liquids or loose items.
2. noun The amount that such a container holds, or informally, a large quantity of something.
3. verb To rain very heavily.

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