shower


Definition: Meaning of, shower in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈʃaʊə /

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shower showers
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  1. for washing in a piece of equipment that you stand under to wash your whole body
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  2. act of washing an act of washing your body while standing under a shower
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  3. rain a short period of rain or snow
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  4. lots of things a lot of small, light things falling or going through the air together
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  5. party American English a party at which presents are given to a woman who is going to get married or have a baby
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  6. people [usually singular] British English informal a group of stupid or lazy people
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
shower showered showered
Present Participle Third Person Singular
showering showers
  1. [intransitive] to wash your whole body while standing under a shower
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  2. [transitive] to give someone a lot of things
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  3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to scatter a lot of things onto a person or place, or to be scattered in this way
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shower used in phrases

  • golden shower tree (noun)
    1. deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
  • meteor shower (noun)
    1. a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere
  • pink shower (noun)
    1. tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-coloured flowers; used as an ornamental
  • pink shower tree (noun)
    1. tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-coloured flowers; used as an ornamental
  • rain shower (noun)
    1. a brief period of precipitation
  • rainbow shower (noun)
    1. deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in colour from cream-coloured to orange and red
  • shower bath (noun)
    1. booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom
    2. washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
  • shower cap (noun)
    1. a plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
  • shower curtain (noun)
    1. a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area
  • shower down (verb)
    1. rain abundantly
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