shower
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (6)showers
- a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you“they installed a shower in the bathroom”Type of plumbing fixturePart of shower stall, shower bathParts showerhead
- washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle“he took a shower after the game”Synonyms: shower bathType of washup, bathing
- a brief period of precipitation“the game was interrupted by a brief shower”Synonyms: rain showerType of rain, rainfallKinds scattering, sprinkle
- 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”Synonyms: cascadeType of descent, fall
- 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”Type of party
- someone who organizes an exhibit for others to seeSynonyms: exhibitorexhibitionerType of promoter, impresario
Verb (5)showers, showered, showering
- expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns“He was showered with praise”Synonyms: lavishMore general consume, squander
- spray or sprinkle with“The guests showered rice on the couple”More general spray
- take a shower; wash one's body in the shower“You should shower after vigorous exercise”More general bathe
- rain abundantly“Meteors showered down over half of Australia”Synonyms: shower downMore general rain, rain down
- provide abundantly with“He showered her with presents”More general provide, supply
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Translations
Noun device for bathing
- Spanish
- ducha
- French
- douche
- German
- Dusche
- Italian
- doccia
- Portuguese
- chuveiro
- Turkish
- duş
- Russian
- душ duš
- Arabic
- دُوش dūš
- Chinese
- 淋浴器 línyùqì
- Japanese
- シャワー shawā
35 more languages
- Dutch
- douche
- Polish
- prysznic
- Swedish
- dusch
- Greek
- ντους ntous
- Korean
- 샤워기 syawogi
- Indonesian
- pancuran
- Vietnamese
- vòi hoa sen
- Hungarian
- zuhany
- Portuguese (PT)
- duche
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 蓮蓬頭 liánpengtóu
- Albanian
- dush
- Breton
- strinkerez
- Catalan
- dutxa
- Corsican
- doccia
- Czech
- sprcha
- Danish
- bruser
- Esperanto
- duŝilo
- Estonian
- dušš
- Finnish
- suihku
- Georgian
- შხაპი šxaṗi
- Hebrew
- מִקְלַחַת miklákhat
- Icelandic
- sturta
- Kurdish
- dûş
- Latvian
- duša
- Lithuanian
- dušas
- Norwegian
- dusj
- Romanian
- duș
- Scottish Gaelic
- fras
- Serbo-Croatian
- tuš
- Slovak
- sprcha
- Slovenian
- prha
- Swahili
- bomba la mvua
- Walloon
- douche
- Welsh
- cawod
- Yiddish
- דוש dush
Verb to bathe using a shower
- German
- duschen
- Italian
- farsi la doccia
- Turkish
- duş almak
- Arabic
- اِسْتَحَمَّ istaḥamma
- Chinese
- 洗澡 xǐzǎo
- Dutch
- douchen
- Swedish
- duscha
- Indonesian
- mandi
- Hungarian
- zuhanyozik
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 洗澡 xǐzǎo
4 more languages
- Esperanto
- duŝi
- Finnish
- käydä suihkussa
- Hebrew
- הִתְקַלֵּחַ hitkaléakh
- Norwegian
- dusje
Noun brief fall of rain
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
1. One who shows or exhibits.
2. That which shows; a mirror. obsolete John Wyclif
Origin: 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.
In drought or else showers.— Geoffrey Chaucer
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.— John Milton
2. That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.
With showers of stones he drives them far away.— Alexander Pope
3. A copious supply bestowed. rare
He and myself Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts.— William Shakespeare
Shower bath, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also.
1. To water with a shower; to wet copiously with rain.
Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth.— John Milton
2. To bestow liberally; to distribute or scatter in abundance; to rain. William Shakespeare
Caesar's favor, That showers down greatness on his friends.— Joseph Addison
To rain in showers; to fall, as in a shower or showers. William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54