[
US
/ˈʃaʊɝ/
]
NOUN
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a brief period of precipitation
the game was interrupted by a brief shower -
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 -
a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
a sudden cascade of sparks
a little shower of rose petals -
a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
they installed a shower in the bathroom - someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
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washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
he took a shower after the game
VERB
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provide abundantly with
He showered her with presents -
take a shower; wash one's body in the shower
You should shower after vigorous exercise -
expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
He was showered with praise -
rain abundantly
Meteors showered down over half of Australia -
spray or sprinkle with
The guests showered rice on the couple
How To Use shower In A Sentence
- He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.
- In the forecabins, the head and shower is located forward and has a large mirrored vanity with ample storage below.
- A spokesman said: ‘Snow will continue through the day with a few dry interludes and it will slowly improve by the afternoon with snow turning more showery.’
- The dozen pictures she had shot during a recent bath time -- including a few of Nora rinsing with a handheld shower sprayer -- were, for Cynthia, simply part of the vast photographic record she was keeping of her family's life. Lynn Powell: Pornographer or Soccer Mom?
- Firm words , air shower and broadband are three major key products of the firm net operator.
- A little diner food helped, but after the incident with the couple on the street all I wanted was to go home, take a shower, slather lotion on my blistered tootsies, and lick my wounds.
- Another friend notes a shift in the type of gifts given at wedding showers, a reversion to 1950s-style offerings: soup ladles and frilly aprons are being unwrapped along with see-through nighties and push-up bras.
- The forecasts have been asking us to watch out for thunderclouds and thundershowers for a long while now.
- Wildlife Watching Supplies stock a wide range of materials, olive green or camouflage pattern, lightweight, medium and heavy weight, showerproofed polycotton and waterproof nylon.
- It was a day for the children who were special in some way and also for their loving parents who showered them with constant attention and unbounded affection.
