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Image:Guy under shower.jpg|thumb|right|Person showering.

English

Etymology 1

scūr

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈʃaʊɝ/

:* Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-əʊə(r)|-əʊə(r), Rhymes:English:-aʊə(r)|-aʊə(r)

Noun

  1. (also shower of precipitation) A brief fall of precipitation.
  2. :* Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.
  3. (also shower bath) A device for bathe|bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
  4. (also shower bath) An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
  5. :* I'm going to have a shower. (British, Australian)
  6. :* I'm going to take a shower. (especially US)
  7. A bridal shower; a fund-raiser held in honor of a bride attended by female friends of the bride.
  8. :* The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.
  9. A baby shower.
  10. A mild insult, originally applied to a group of people but also to an individual.
  11. :* You complete shower!


Translations
  • Japanese: シャワー (shawā)
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|prysznic|m}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|duş|n}}
  • Russian: душ (duš)
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|ducha|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|dusch|c}}

Verb

  1. (followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid).
  2. To bathe using a shower.


Translations
Synonyms
  • have a shower (British), take a shower (especially US)


a "rain locker" (US NAVY)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

  1. One who shows


Related terms


Category:Liquids

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Shower \Show"er\, n.
1. One who shows or exhibits.
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2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Shower \Show"er\, n. [OE. shour, schour, AS. se?r; akin to D.
schoer, G. schauer, OHG. sc?r, Icel. sk?r, Sw. skur, Goth.
sk?ra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain origin.]
1. A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but
rarely, a like fall of snow.
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In drought or else showers. --Chaucer.
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Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
--Milton.
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2. That which resembles a shower in falling or passing
through the air copiously and rapidly.
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With showers of stones he drives them far away.
--Pope.
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3. A copious supply bestowed. [R.]
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He and myself
Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts.
--Shak.
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Shower bath, a bath in which water is showered from above,
and sometimes from the sides also.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Shower \Show"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Showered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Showering.]
1. To water with a shower; to ??t copiously with rain.
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Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth.
--Milton.
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2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in ?undance;
to rain. --Shak.
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C?sar's favor,
That showers down greatness on his friends.
--Addison.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Shower \Show"er\, v. i.
To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.
--Shak.
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WordNet shower
n 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"
[syn: shower bath]
3: a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted
by a brief shower" [syn: rain shower]
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" [syn: cascade]
5: someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see [syn: exhibitor,
exhibitioner]
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"
v 1: expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was
showered with praise" [syn: lavish]
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" [syn: shower down]
5: provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"
Moby Dictionary
Finnish bath , Japanese bath , Kaffeeklatsch , Russian bath ,
Scotch mist , Swedish bath , Turkish bath , abound , abundance , accord ,
administer , aerosol , affluence , afford , allot , allow ,
ample sufficiency , ampleness , amplitude , aquamanile , aspergil ,
aspergillum , atomizer , automatic dishwasher , avalanche , award ,
ball , baptize , barrage , basin , bath , bathe , bathtub , bestow ,
bestow on , bidet , blood rain , blowout , bombard , bombardment ,
bonanza , bountifulness , bountiousness , bristle with , broadside ,
bumper crop , burst , cannonade , clyster , cocktail party ,
coffee klatch , cold shower , communicate , concentrate sprayer ,
confer , copiousness , costume party , crawl with , creep with , deal ,
deal out , deluge , descend , dinner , dinner party , dish out , dishpan ,
dishwasher , dispense , dole , dole out , donate , donation party ,
douche , drizzle , drop , drum , drumfire , enema , entertainment ,
evening mist , ewer , extend , extravagance , exuberance , exuberate ,
fall , fertility , festivity , finger bowl , flood , flow , flurry ,
flush , flush out , foam , foison , fork out , fountain syringe , froth ,
full measure , fullness , fusillade , garden party , gargle ,
generosity , generousness , gift , gift with , give , give freely ,
give out , gout of rain , grant , great abundance , great plenty , gush ,
hail , hand out , heap , help to , hen party , hip bath , holystone ,
house party , house-raising , housewarming , hummum , impart , inundate ,
irrigate , issue , kitchen sink , landslide , lather , launder , lavabo ,
lavatory , lave , lavish , lavishness , lawn party , let have ,
liberality , liberalness , lots , luxuriance , mask , masque ,
masquerade , masquerade party , maximum , mete , mete out , mist ,
mist concentrate sprayer , misty rain , mizzle , moisture , mop ,
mop up , more than enough , much , myriad , myriads , needle bath ,
nozzle , numerousness , offer , opulence , opulency , outpouring ,
overflow , overwhelm , party , patter , pelt , piscina , pitter-patter ,
plash , plenitude , plenteousness , plentifulness , plenty ,
plunge bath , pour , pour with rain , precipitate , precipitation ,
present , prevalence , prodigality , productiveness , proffer ,
profuseness , profusion , proliferate , quantities , rain ,
rain tadpoles , raindrop , rainfall , rainwater , render , repleteness ,
repletion , rich harvest , rich vein , richness , rinse , rinse out ,
riot , riotousness , ritually immerse , run over , salvo , sauna ,
sauna bath , scads , scour , scrub , scrub up , serve , shampoo , shatter ,
sheet of rain , shell out , shindig , shindy , shower bath ,
shower curtain , shower down , shower head , shower room ,
shower stall , showers , sink , sitz bath , slip , slosh , sluice ,
sluice out , smoker , snow , soap , sparge , sparger , spate , spatter ,
spindrift , spit , splash , splatter , sponge , sponge bath , spray ,
spray can , sprayer , sprinkle , sprinkler , sprinkler head ,
sprinkling , sprinkling system , spume , stag , stag party , storm ,
stream , substantiality , substantialness , superabundance ,
surprise party , swab , swarm with , swash , sweat bath , syringe ,
tattoo , teem , teem with , teemingness , tender , toivel , torrent , tub ,
unfrozen hydrometeor , vouchsafe , wash , wash barrel , wash boiler ,
wash out , wash up , washbasin , washbowl , washdish , washer ,
washing machine , washing pot , washpot , washstand , washtub ,
watercart , watering can , watering pot , wealth , weep , wet ,
whirlpool bath , yield


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