Word Frequency
shower1 (ˈʃaʊə
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Definitions
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
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- 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 name: shower bath
- (British, slang) a derogatory term applied to a person or group, esp to a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc
- (US & Canadian & Australian & New Zealand) 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
- (New Zealand) 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 with it 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
Derived Forms
ˈshowery adjectiveWord Origin
Old English scūr; related to Old Norse skūr, Old High German skūr shower, Latin caurus northwest windTranslations for 'shower'
- British English: shower A shower is a thing that you stand under, that covers you with water so you can wash yourself.I was in the shower when the phone rang.ˈʃaʊə NOUNtype of bath
- Arabic: دُشّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: chuveiro
- Chinese: 淋浴
- Croatian: tuš
- Czech: sprcha
- Danish: brusebad
- Dutch: douche
- European Spanish: ducha
- Finnish: suihku
- French: douche
- German: Dusche
- Greek: ντους
- Italian: doccia
- Japanese: シャワー
- Korean: 샤워
- Norwegian: dusj
- Polish: prysznic
- Portuguese: chuveiro
- Romanian: duș dușuri
- Russian: душ
- Spanish: ducha
- Swedish: dusch
- Thai: ฝักบัว
- Turkish: duş
- Ukrainian: душ
- Vietnamese: tắm hoa sen
- British English: showerˈʃaʊə A shower is a short period of rain.A few showers are expected tomorrow. NOUNrain
- Arabic: مَطَرٌ لـِمُدَّةٍ قَصِيرَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: aguaceiro
- Chinese: 阵雨
- Croatian: pljusak
- Czech: přeháňka
- Danish: byge
- Dutch: regenbui
- European Spanish: chaparrón
- Finnish: (sade)kuuro
- French: averse
- German: Regenschauer
- Greek: ντουζ
- Italian: acquazzone
- Japanese: にわか雨
- Korean: 소나기
- Norwegian: skur
- Polish: przelotny deszcz
- Portuguese: chuveiro
- Romanian: răpăială răpăieli
- Russian: кратковременный дождь
- Spanish: chubasco
- Swedish: skur
- Thai: ฝนตกปรอยๆ
- Turkish: sağanak
- Ukrainian: дощ
- Vietnamese: mưa nhỏ
- British English: shower If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. VERBThere wasn't time to shower or change clothes.
- Brazilian Portuguese: tomar banho
- Chinese: 洗澡
- European Spanish: ducharse
- French: se doucher
- German: duschen
- Italian: fare la doccia
- Japanese: シャワーを浴びる
- Korean: 샤워하다
- Portuguese: tomar banho
- Spanish: ducharse
Example Sentences Including 'shower'
A corridor leads to a utility room and downstairs shower room.Glasgow Herald (2001)
A shower rose the size of a frying pan stuck out from the wall.THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
A study and shower room complete the downstairs accommodation.Glasgow Herald (2001)
After the salt rub you need to shower thoroughly ideally using a hand shower and warm water to cleanse the surface of the skin.Body Odour
Hall, 2 reception rooms, kitchen/ breakfast room, 4 bedrooms, one with en suite bathroom, family shower room.Country Life (2004)
His dining chair now has wheels, and his shower has support bars.Globe and Mail (2003)
I dried myself, looking at her fogged form in the steam beyond the shower curtain.A DARKENING STAIN (2002)
The clouds conceive not rain, or do not pour In the due birth time, down the balmy shower.Globe and Mail (2003)
While I got dressed she went into the bathroom and a second later I heard the shower being turned on.BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
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