come rain or shine Definition

rain
noun

1a. Condensed moisture falling as separate water droplets from the atmosphere;

Thesaurus: drizzle, spit.
1b. A shower; a fall of rain.

Thesaurus: shower, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, torrent, squall.
2. A fall, especially a heavy one, of anything in the manner of rain.

Example: a rain of bullets
3. The season of heavy rainfall in tropical countries.

Form: rains

verb rained, raining

intr
1. Said of rain: to fall.

Thesaurus: shower, pour, drizzle, sprinkle, drop, fall.
tr & intr
2. To fall or cause something to fall like rain.

Example: rain down compliments on her head
Thesaurus: heap, shower, lavish, expend.

Derivative: rainless
adj

Idiom: come rain or shine

Whatever the weather or circumstances.

Idiom: rain cats and dogs

colloq
To rain very hard.

Idiom: rained off

(rit)
Said of a sporting or other event: to be cancelled because of rain.

Idiom: right as rain

colloq
Perfectly all right or in order. See also rainy.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon regn.

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shine
verb shone (past tense, past participle), shined (past tense, past participle in sense 4), shining (present participle)

intr
1. To give out or reflect light; to beam with a steady radiance.

Thesaurus: radiate, glimmer, sparkle, glow, flash, blaze, illuminate.
2. To direct the light from something.

Example: They shone the torch around the room
3. To be bright; to glow.

Example: Her face shone with joy
4. To make bright and gleaming by polishing.

Thesaurus: polish, burnish, scour, wax, buff.
intr
5. To be outstandingly impressive in ability; to excel.

Example: She shines at maths
intr
6. To be clear or conspicuous.

Example: Praise shone from his commentary

noun

1. Shining quality; brightness or lustre.

Thesaurus: brightness, polish, gloss, glow, lustre, radiance, sheen, luminosity, burnish, effulgence.
2. An act or process of polishing.

Idiom: come rain or shine

See under rain.

Idiom: take a shine to someone

colloq
To like or fancy them on first acquaintance.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon scinan.