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shower
1[ shou-er ]
noun
- a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow:
An afternoon shower is forecast for tomorrow.
This weekend they’re predicting freezing weather with scattered snow showers.
- Also called shower bath.
- a bath in which water is sprayed on the body, usually from an overhead perforated nozzle showerhead:
I took a quick shower before dinner.
- the apparatus for this or the room or stall enclosing it:
The shower is leaking.
We have two bathrooms, but the downstairs one has only a shower and no tub.
- an abundant supply or quantity:
I wish you and your family a shower of wealth, joy, health, and other blessings!
- a party at which gifts of a specific kind are given, as for a bride, prospective parent, someone moving house, or any other purpose:
Excited by the prospect of a new campus infirmary, students and alumni held a linen shower to provide new sheets and towels.
When he moved into his own apartment, we held a housewarming shower for him, giving him more kitchenware than one person could ever use.
- a fall of many objects, such as tears, sparks, things that are thrown, etc.:
The couple walked out of the church under a shower of confetti.
- Astronomy. air shower ( def ).
- showers, a room or area equipped with several overhead perforated nozzles, sometimes in separate stalls, for use by a number of people bathing at the same time.
verb (used with object)
- to bestow liberally or lavishly:
We showered good wishes and last-minute bits of advice on the departing hockey team.
- to deluge (a person) with gifts, favors, etc.:
She was showered with gifts on her birthday.
- to bathe (oneself) with water sprayed on the body, usually from an overhead perforated nozzle:
In the past 30 days the patient has been able to exercise, shower himself, toilet himself, and play a board game.
verb (used without object)
- to bathe with water sprayed on the body, usually from an overhead perforated nozzle:
Do you prefer to shower in the morning or at bedtime?
- to rain briefly:
During the final game on Saturday it showered for a couple of minutes, and then the sun came out again.
shower
2[ shoh-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that shows.
shower
1/ ˈʃaʊə /
noun
- a brief period of rain, hail, sleet, or snow
- a sudden abundant fall or downpour, as of tears, sparks, or light
- a rush; outpouring
a shower of praise
- a kind of bath in which a person stands upright and is sprayed with water from a nozzle
- the room, booth, etc, containing such a bath Full nameshower bath
- slang.a derogatory term applied to a person or group, esp to a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc
- a party held to honour and present gifts to a person, as to a prospective bride
- a large number of particles formed by the collision of a cosmic-ray particle with a particle in the atmosphere
- a light fabric cover thrown over a tea table to protect the food from flies, dust, etc
verb
- tr to sprinkle or spray with or as if with a shower
shower the powder into the milk
- often withit as subject to fall or cause to fall in the form of a shower
- tr to give (gifts, etc) in abundance or present (a person) with (gifts, etc)
they showered gifts on him
- intr to take a shower
shower
2/ ˈʃəʊə /
noun
- a person or thing that shows
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Derived Forms
- ˈshowery, adjective
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Other Words From
- show·er·less adjective
- show·er·like adjective
- un·show·ered adjective
- well-show·ered adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shower1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shower1
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Idioms and Phrases
- hit the showers,
- to go and take a shower (originally of a group bathing in a space with multiple overhead nozzles, as in a gym, school, locker room, etc.):
The coach made us run one more lap before we hit the showers.
After eight hours helping them move, I'm ready to hit the showers and go to bed.
- Baseball. (of a pitcher) to be replaced in a game, usually because of ineffectiveness:
He was throwing inconsistently and found himself hitting the showers before the fifth inning four times in two months.
- to stop giving one’s full effort, as if the game or task were over:
You don't hit the showers if you're up three touchdowns in the first quarter—you finish the game with the same intensity you started with.
- send to the showers, Baseball.
- to replace (a pitcher) during a game, usually because they are ineffective:
The coach sent him to the showers after he walked three batters in a row.
- to cause (a pitcher) to be replaced in a game, as by getting many hits off them; knock out of the box:
Two home runs and a line-drive double sent her to the showers.
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Example Sentences
VOSD contributor and guy-who-thinks-a-lot-about-bodily-fluids Randy Dotinga reports that sewage analysis is sophisticated enough to detect one infected person out of 100,000 who are flushing toilets and taking showers.
In Mumbai, a phone vendor even marked the occasion with showers of confetti and cheerleaders.
This leave-on treatment absorbs quickly into your scalp, so you can continue on your day after a shower and tangibly feel the nourishing effects of its subtle ingredients such as chamomile and lavender.
We have a queen bed, a stove, an oven, a refrigerator and freezer, and even a flush toilet and shower on board.
Then there’s virtual wedding showers and postponed celebrations.
“Wait…” Suddenly a huge, graceful black marlin leaps out of the water, sending a shower of water ten feet high.
I was so relieved, until I thought about my dirty pantyhose hanging on the shower at home.
His explanation only diminishes the irresistible excitement we feel while watching Tony Perkins peer at Janet Leigh in her shower.
One measly year later, Pam woke to find a naked Ewing grinning at her in the shower.
They go into the bathroom, and he asks her to sit by him in the shower.
First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.
Then a shower of dirt flew into their faces and both Jolly Robin and his wife tumbled over backward.
Sick, trembling, her beautiful face humble and tearful enough now, she bent it on his shoulder in a shower of bitter tears.
The shells came from Asia and Achi Baba:—in a fiery shower, they fell upon the lines of our front trenches.
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