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shower
/ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/
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What does shower mean?
noun
- A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
- A device for 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.
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
More meanings (16)
noun
- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- A bridal shower.
- A baby shower.
- A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
- (informal) A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.
- One who shows.
- An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
- (slang) A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself.
- (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
- (derogatory) A shower of shit.
- (derogatory) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier.
verb
- To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
- To bathe using a shower.
- To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
- To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
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IPA pronunciation
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When Thea first came, the chokecherry bushes were in blossom, and the scent of them was almost sickeningly sweet after a shower.
But it is easiest, as they who work on the highways know, to find the hollows by the puddles after a shower.
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The shower pelted away till I had nearly reached Spytty Cynwyl, when it suddenly left off and the day became tolerably fine.
When a shower of rain had the effect of rendering the highways impassable, even horsemen were cautious in venturing far from home.
On the morning after a shower, I find the families on either bamboo in as good condition as on the day before.