Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense showers, present participle showering, past tense, past participle showered
1. countable noun
A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray.
She heard him turn on the shower.
2. countable noun
A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower.
3. countable noun
Theshowers or theshower in a place such as a sports centre is the area containing showers.
The showers are a mess.
We all stood in the women's shower.
4. countable noun
If you have a shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower.
I think I'll have a shower before dinner.
She took two showers a day.
5. verb
If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower.
There wasn't time to shower or change clothes. [VERB]
6. countable noun
A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain.
There'll be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon.
7. countable noun
You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a showerof them.
Showers of sparks flew in all directions. [+ of]
...a shower of meteorites.
Synonyms: storm, rain, volley, barrage More Synonyms of shower
8. verb [usually passive]
If you are showered with a lot of small objects or pieces, they are scattered over you.
They were showered with rice in the traditional manner. [beVERB-ed + with]
The President was showered with glass. [beV-ed with n]
Synonyms: cover, dust, spray, sprinkle More Synonyms of shower
9. verb
If you shower a person with presents or kisses, you give them a lot of presents or kisses in a very generous and extravagant way.
He showered her with emeralds and furs. [VERB noun + with]
Her parents showered her with kisses. [VERB noun + with]
Synonyms: inundate, load, heap, lavish More Synonyms of shower
10. countable noun
A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts.
[mainly US]
...a bridal shower.
...a baby shower.
11. singular noun [usually singular]
If you refer to a group of people as a particular kind of shower, you disapprove of them.
[British, informal, disapproval]
...a shower of wasters. [+ of]
More Synonyms of shower
shower in British English1
(ˈʃaʊə)
noun
1.
a brief period of rain, hail, sleet, or snow
2.
a sudden abundant fall or downpour, as of tears, sparks, or light
3.
a rush; outpouring
a shower of praise
4.
a.
a kind of bath in which a person stands upright and is sprayed with water from a nozzle
b.
the room, booth, etc, containing such a bath
Full name: shower bath
5. British slang
a derogatory term applied to a person or group, esp to a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc
6. US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand
a party held to honour and present gifts to a person, as to a prospective bride
7.
a large number of particles formed by the collision of a cosmic-ray particle with a particle in the atmosphere
8. New Zealand
a light fabric cover thrown over a tea table to protect the food from flies, dust, etc
verb
9. (transitive)
to sprinkle or spray with or as if with a shower
shower the powder into the milk
10. (often withit as subject)
to fall or cause to fall in the form of a shower
11. (transitive)
to give (gifts, etc) in abundance or present (a person) with (gifts, etc)
they showered gifts on him
12. (intransitive)
to take a shower
Derived forms
showery (ˈshowery)
adjective
Word origin
Old English scūr; related to Old Norse skūr, Old High German skūr shower, Latin caurus northwest wind
shower in British English2
(ˈʃəʊə)
noun
a person or thing that shows
shower in American English1
(ˈʃaʊər)
noun
1.
a brief fall of rain, or sometimes of hail, sleet, or snow
2.
a sudden, abundant fall or discharge, as of tears, meteors, rays, sparks, etc.
3.
an abundant flow; rush
a shower of compliments
4. US
a party at which a number of gifts are presented to the guest of honor
a bridal shower
5. US
a.
a bath in which the body is sprayed with fine streams of water from a perforated nozzle, usually fixed overhead
: in full shower bath
b.
an apparatus, as in a bathtub, or a room or enclosure used for this
verb transitive
6.
to make wet as with a spray of water; sprinkle; spray
7.
to pour forth or scatter in or as in a shower
showered with praise
verb intransitive
8.
to fall or come as a shower
9.
to bathe under a shower
Derived forms
showery (ˈshowery)
adjective
Word origin
ME schoure < OE scur, akin to Ger schauer, shower, squall < IE base *(s)keu-, to cover > shoe, hide1
shower in American English2
(ˈʃoʊər)
noun
a person who shows, exhibits, etc.
shower in Hospitality
(ʃaʊər)
Word forms: (regular plural) showers
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Hotel room, bathroom)
A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat coverwith a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray. It is often containedin a small enclosed area.
COLLOCATIONS: take a ~
Some rooms have showers rather than bathtubs.
There is no hot water in the shower.
It's important to keep the showers and tubs clean in the bathrooms.
COBUILD Collocations
shower
heavy showers
outdoor shower
Examples of 'shower' in a sentence
shower
Tuesday will see fairly frequent and heavy showers but it should become drier midweek.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But forecasters expect overcast skies and scattered showers this week.
The Sun (2014)
Wash his hair only over the edge of the bath with the shower head afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Some sleet and rain showers in the south.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You can shower but bring your own towel.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Then taken a cold shower when he read the script.
The Sun (2012)
Two shower areas and a workshop remain shut.
The Sun (2016)
There could also be more snow showers on higher land.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You can struggle to get hot showers here.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We then take a cursory shower and step down into the learner pool.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They became a menace after most people were blinded in a meteor shower.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Today will be chilly with northerly winds and a mix of sunshine and showers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Turning colder with further rain or showers and staying windy.
The Sun (2012)
Three lorry drivers suffered eye injuries after being showered with glass.
The Sun (2010)
What the blazes are you supposed to do with a bottle of shower gel?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The northerly breeze may bring one or two light showers to northern and eastern coastal counties.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That gives him time to shower alone and no one can bother him.
The Sun (2006)
Their prayers were answered and heavy showers ensued.
Begg, Ean & Rich, Deike On the Trail of Merlin - a guide to the Celtic mystery tradition (1991)
Dry air drawn into the top of a thunderstorm is cooled and dragged down in showers of hail and rain.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She is a part time student so no longer has to rush to shower and change to make lessons on time.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Others were given cold punishment showers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Outside chance of an afternoon shower.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Sometimes it's hard attending so many bridal showers and engagement parties.
Christianity Today (2000)
Today showers will give way to more general cloud and rain from the northwest and southern areas probably remaining dry through daylight hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Word lists with
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In other languages
shower
British English: shower /ˈʃaʊə/ NOUN
type of bath A shower is a thing that you stand under, that covers you with water so you can wash yourself.
I was in the shower when the phone rang.
American English: shower
Arabic: دُشّ
Brazilian Portuguese: chuveiro
Chinese: 淋浴
Croatian: tuš
Czech: sprcha
Danish: brusebad
Dutch: douche
European Spanish: ducha
Finnish: suihku
French: douche
German: Dusche
Greek: ντους
Italian: doccia
Japanese: シャワー
Korean: 샤워
Norwegian: dusj
Polish: prysznic
European Portuguese: chuveiro
Romanian: duș
Russian: душ
Latin American Spanish: ducha
Swedish: dusch
Thai: ฝักบัว
Turkish: duş
Ukrainian: душ
Vietnamese: tắm hoa sen
British English: shower /ˈʃaʊə/ NOUN
rain A shower is a short period of rain.
A few showers are expected tomorrow.
American English: shower
Arabic: مَطَرٌ لـِمُدَّةٍ قَصِيرَة
Brazilian Portuguese: aguaceiro
Chinese: 阵雨
Croatian: pljusak
Czech: přeháňka
Danish: byge
Dutch: regenbui
European Spanish: chaparrón
Finnish: (sade)kuuro
French: averse
German: Regenschauer
Greek: ντουζ
Italian: acquazzone
Japanese: にわか雨
Korean: 소나기
Norwegian: skur
Polish: przelotny deszcz
European Portuguese: chuveiro
Romanian: răpăială
Russian: кратковременный дождь
Latin American Spanish: chubasco
Swedish: skur
Thai: ฝนตกปรอยๆ
Turkish: sağanak
Ukrainian: дощ
Vietnamese: mưa nhỏ
British English: shower VERB
If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower.
There wasn't time to shower or change clothes.
American English: shower
Brazilian Portuguese: tomar banho
Chinese: 洗澡
European Spanish: ducharse
French: se doucher
German: duschen
Italian: fare la doccia
Japanese: シャワーを浴びる
Korean: 샤워하다
European Portuguese: tomar banho
Latin American Spanish: ducharse
All related terms of 'shower'
air shower
a shower of secondary cosmic radiation , caused by the interaction of cosmic radiation or gamma radiation with the atmosphere
rain shower
a brief period of rain
shower bath
a brief period of rain , hail , sleet , or snow
shower cap
a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
shower gel
Shower gel is a type of liquid soap designed for use in the shower.
shower head
the part of a shower that the water comes through
shower room
a room which contains a shower
shower unit
a shower enclosure
Auger shower
a shower of electrons, photons , etc. resulting from the collision of primary cosmic rays with atomic nuclei in the atmosphere
bridal shower
a party, held for a woman before her wedding , to which her friends bring gifts
golden shower
a tree, Cassia fistula , of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers
meteor shower
a transient rain of meteors , such as the Perseids , occurring at regular intervals and coming from a particular region in the sky . It is caused by the earth passing through a large number of meteoroids (a meteor swarm )
power shower
a shower (device for washing yourself) that incorporates a device that increases water pressure to create a more powerful spray
shower screen
a shower panel
shower stall
a shower enclosure
outdoor shower
A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray .
shower cubicle
a shower enclosure
shower curtain
a plastic curtain which covers the entrance to a shower
thought shower
a discussion in which new ideas are generated and discussed
shower attachment
a device fixed to taps to make a shower
kitchen tea
a party held before a wedding to which female guests bring items of kitchen equipment as wedding presents
Chinese translation of 'shower'
shower
(ˈʃauəʳ)
n(c)
(= rain) 阵(陣)雨 (zhènyǔ) (场(場), chǎng)
[of stones, sparks etc]一阵(陣) (yī zhèn)
(for washing) 淋浴器 (línyùqì) (个(個), gè)
(US, = party) 送礼(禮)会(會) (sònglǐhuì)
vi
洗淋浴 (xǐ línyù)
vt
to shower sb with sth[confetti, rice]把某物撒向某人 (bǎ mǒuwù sǎxiàng mǒurén) [gifts, kisses]送某人大量的某物 (sòng mǒurén dàliàng de mǒuwù)