scuds of rain

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• scuds — skÊŒd n. act of moving swiftly; wind driven cloud or mist; rain shower v. move swiftly, pass quickly …   English contemporary dictionary

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• scud — [[t]skʌ̱d[/t]] scuds, scudding, scudded VERB If clouds scud along, they move quickly and smoothly through the sky. [LITERARY] [V adv/prep] ...heavy, rain laden clouds scudding across from the south west. Syn: sail …   English dictionary

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• fly — vb 1 Fly, dart, float, skim, scud, shoot, sail are comparable in their extended senses when they mean to pass, or less often to cause to pass, lightly or quickly over a surface or above a surface. Fly (see also ESCAPE 1) may be used to imply… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms