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shower

noun

1 shower

A plumbing fixture that sprays water over you.

Roget 72: assemblage; collection, collocation, colligation; compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement; team; concourse, conflux, congregation, ... show more

Polish: prysznic

2 shower

Washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle:
— He took a shower after the game.

synonym: shower bath.

Dutch: douche, stortbad
Polish: natrysk, tusz, prysznic

3 shower

A brief period of precipitation:
— The game was interrupted by a brief shower.

synonym: rain shower.

Dutch: vlaag, regenbui, bui

4 shower

A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower:
— A little shower of rose petals.

synonym: cascade.

Roget 348: running water.    jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice.    water spout, water fall; ... show more

Dutch: stortbad, douche, zich douchen

5 shower

Someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see.

synonyms: exhibitioner, exhibitor.

Dutch: bioscoopexploitant, exposant, standhouder
Polish: eksponent, wystawca

6 shower

A party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person.

Dutch: stortbad

verb

1 shower

Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns:
— He was showered with praise.

synonym: lavish.

Dutch: regenen

2 shower

Spray or sprinkle with.

3 shower

Take a shower; wash one's body in the shower.

4 shower

Rain abundantly:
— Meteors showered down over half of Australia.

synonym: shower down.

5 shower

Provide abundantly with.


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