shower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: shou'ər
ipa: /ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/
enpr: shou'ər
ipa: /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/
rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: showers
form: showering
form: showered
form: showered
Etymology: From Middle English schour, from Old English sċūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). Cognate with Dutch schoer, German Schauer, Old Norse skúr, Norwegian Bokmål skur, Swedish skur, Danish skur, Russian север (sever).
Senses: glosses: To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
glosses: To bathe using a shower.
examples: text: The individual in the army becomes used to holding human life in contempt, in fact the greater the slaughter, the greater is his merit; and the more medals, ribbons, and honors of hero-worship are showered on him, the more he becomes, after a time, indifferent to all sorts of human suffering and loss of human life.
ref: 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
text: Shower the people you love with love / Show them the way that you feel
ref: 1979, James Taylor, “Shower the People”, in In the Pocket, →OCLC:
glosses: To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
glosses: To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
Synonyms: sense: bathe using a shower
word: have a shower
sense: bathe using a shower
word: take a shower
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb shower
word: air shower
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word: aluminium shower
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word: aluminum shower
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word: April shower
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word: Auger shower
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word: baby shower
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word: bidet shower
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word: Bogan shower
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word: bridal shower
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word: brown shower
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word: cold shower
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word: come down in the last shower
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word: communal shower
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word: cowboy shower
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word: daddy shower
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word: dad shower
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word: dry shower
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word: early shower
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word: electric shower
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word: false shower
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word: gang shower
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word: golden shower
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word: golden shower boy
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word: golden shower queen
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word: golden shower tree
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word: groomal shower
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word: half-shower
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word: hand shower
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word: hit the shower
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word: Hollywood shower
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word: lingerie shower
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word: mango shower
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word: man shower
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word: meteor shower
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word: navy shower
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word: particle shower
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word: power shower
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word: rainbow shower
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word: rain shower
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word: Roman shower
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word: scattered shower
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word: send someone to the showers
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word: shath
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word: shower attachment
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word: shower bath
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word: shower cap
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word: shower chair
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word: shower curtain
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word: shower down
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word: shower gel
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word: showerhead
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word: shower head
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word: shower in a can
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word: shower of shite
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word: shower rail
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word: shower rose
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word: shower seat
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word: shower shoe
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word: shower stool
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word: shower tea
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word: shower thought
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word: shower tray
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word: shower unit
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word: shower up
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word: shower with
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word: showery
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word: snow shower
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word: snowshower
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word: star-shower
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word: star shower
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word: suicide shower
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word: sulfur shower
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word: sulphur shower
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word: sun shower
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word: Swiss shower
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word: table shower
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word: telephone shower
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word: thought shower
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word: tub-shower
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word: Vichy shower
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word: wedding shower
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word: wintry shower