Made the rain pour into and soak (8)
I believe the answer is:
marinade
'soak' is the definition.
(I know that marinade is a more specific form of the action bathe)
'made the rain pour into' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'rain' is 'arin' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'made' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for marinade that I've seen before include "Type of star system" , "Soak food before cooking" , "Steep in seasoning" , "Flavouring liquid found in a dream" , "pickle" .)