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shower

sho·wer

UK/ˈʃəʊ.ə(ɹ)/ US/ˈʃoʊ.ɚ/ common informal slang uk
noun (6) verb (5)

noun

1.

a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you

  • “they installed a shower in the bathroom”
2.

washing yourself in a shower; you stand upright under water sprayed from a nozzle

  • “he took a shower after the game”
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3.

a brief period of precipitation

  • “the game was interrupted by a brief shower”
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4.

a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower

  • “a little shower of rose petals”
  • “a sudden cascade of sparks”
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5.

someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see

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6.

a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person

  • “her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting”

verb

1.

expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns

  • “He was showered with praise”
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2.

spray or sprinkle with

  • “The guests showered rice on the couple”
3.

take a shower; wash one''s body in the shower

  • “You should shower after vigorous exercise”
4.

rain abundantly

  • “Meteors showered down over half of Australia”
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5.

provide abundantly with

  • “He showered her with presents”

Origin

From Middle English schour (“shower”), from Old English sċūr (“shower”), from Proto-West Germanic *skūru (“shower”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, short shower”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north, north wind, cold wind, rain shower”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch schoer (“downpour, heavy rainshower”), German Schauer (“shower”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skur (“shower”), Faroese skúrur (“shower”), Icelandic skúr (“shower”), Norn skur (“squall”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra, “storm”), Italian coro (“northwestern wind”), Spanish cauro (“northwestern wind”), Belarusian се́вер (sjévjer), сі́вер (sívjer), Bulgarian and Russian се́вер (séver, “north”), Czech and Slovak sever (“north”), Macedonian север (sever, “north”), Serbo-Croatian sȅvēr, sjȅvēr (“north”), Slovene sẹ́ver (“north”), Ukrainian сі́вер (síver, “cold, cold, bitter wind”).

Phrases

  • road shower

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