shower

shower

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show‧er¹ S2 /ˈʃaʊə $ ʃaʊr/ noun [countable]1.  FOR WASHING IN a piece of equipment that you stand under to wash your whole body:
    Why does the phone always ring when I’m in the shower?
    I’d like to use the shower if that’s all right.
    The bathroom has a separate shower cubicle (=a shower in a separate part of the room).
2.  ACT OF WASHING an act of washing your body while standing under a shower:
    I need a shower.
    take a shower
    Nick rolled out of bed and took a shower.
    have a shower especially British English:
    Mary loves having a hot shower after she’s been swimming.
3.  RAIN a short period of rain or snow:
    More heavy showers are forecast for tonight.
    a shower of rain
    a snow shower
    A few wintry showers are likely.
4.  LOTS OF THINGS a lot of small light things falling or going through the air together
    shower of
    Peter kicked the fire and sent up a shower of sparks.
    A shower of leaves fell towards the ground.
5.  PARTY American English a party at which presents are given to a woman who is going to get married or have a baby:
    We gave a shower for Beth.
    a baby shower
6.  PEOPLE  [usually singular] British English informal a group of stupid or lazy people
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ rain noun [uncountable] water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky: The rain has stopped at last. | There had been heavy rain during the night.
   ▪ drizzle noun [uncountable] light rain with very small drops of water: A light drizzle was falling as I left the house.
   ▪ shower noun [countable] a short period of rain that can be heavy or light: More heavy showers are forecast for tonight. | a light shower of rain
   ▪ downpour noun [countable usually singular] a short period of very heavy rain that starts suddenly: A sudden downpour sent us running for shelter. | a torrential downpour
   ▪ hail noun [uncountable] frozen rain that falls in the form of hailstones (=small balls of ice): The hail and high winds have destroyed many of the county’s crops.
   ▪ sleet noun [uncountable] a mixture of snow and rain: The rain had turned to sleet | Sleet and snow fell.
   ▪ the rains noun [plural] heavy rain that falls during a particular period in the year in tropical countries: The farmers are waiting for the rains to come.
   ▪ monsoon noun [countable ] the heavy rain that falls between April and October in India and other southern Asian countries: The monsoon is late this year. | the monsoon season

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shower² verb
1. [intransitive] to wash your whole body while standing under a shower:
    Mike shaved and showered.
2. [transitive] to give someone a lot of things
    shower somebody with something
    She showered him with kisses.
    Tom showered Amy with presents.
    shower something on/upon somebody
    She had no children and showered her love on her three nieces.
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to scatter a lot of things onto a person or place, or to be scattered in this way
    shower down/over/upon
    The top shelf broke and books showered down.
    shower something with something
    The ship was showered with hot ash from the volcano.
    shower something on/over something
    Hundreds of leaflets were showered over the town.