shower
[noun]
Synonyms:
- deluge, barrage, stream, torrent, volley
[verb]
Synonyms:
- inundate, deluge, heap, lavish, pour, rain

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Related Words: shatter, spatter, spray

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English Thesaurus: rain, drizzle, shower, downpour, hail, ...

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I. show‧er¹ S2 /ˈʃaʊə $ ʃaʊr/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: scur]

1. FOR WASHING IN a piece of equipment that you stand under to wash your whole body:
Why does the phone always ring when I’m in the shower?
I’d like to use the shower if that’s all right.
The bathroom has a separate shower cubicle (=a shower in a separate part of the room).

2. ACT OF WASHING an act of washing your body while standing under a shower:
I need a shower.
take a shower
Nick rolled out of bed and took a shower.
have a shower especially British English:
Mary loves having a hot shower after she’s been swimming.

3. RAIN a short period of rain or snow:
More heavy showers are forecast for tonight.
a shower of rain
a snow shower
A few wintry showers are likely.

4. LOTS OF THINGS a lot of small light things falling or going through the air together
shower of
Peter kicked the fire and sent up a shower of sparks.
A shower of leaves fell towards the ground.

5. PARTY American English a party at which presents are given to a woman who is going to get married or have a baby:
We gave a shower for Beth.
a baby shower

6. PEOPLE [usually singular] British English informal a group of stupid or lazy people

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. shower² verb

1. [intransitive] to wash your whole body while standing under a shower:
Mike shaved and showered.

2. [transitive] to give someone a lot of things
shower somebody with something
She showered him with kisses.
Tom showered Amy with presents.
shower something on/upon somebody
She had no children and showered her love on her three nieces.

3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to scatter a lot of things onto a person or place, or to be scattered in this way
shower down/over/upon
The top shelf broke and books showered down.
shower something with something
The ship was showered with hot ash from the volcano.
shower something on/over something
Hundreds of leaflets were showered over the town.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

shower
noun
I. for washing your body
ADJ. cold, cool, hot | power | brief, quick I'll just take a quick shower.
electric | en suite, private
VERB + SHOWER have, take
SHOWER + NOUN cubicle, curtain, room | head, mixer, rose, tray | gel

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

shower
II. of rain or snow
ADJ. rain, sleet, snow | heavy, light | blustery, wintry | scattered | April
SHOWER + VERB spread | die out Scattered showers during the afternoon will die out by late evening.

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shower
III. of small objects
ADJ. dust, meteor, meteorite
PREP. ~ of The grinding wheel sent out a shower of sparks.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

rain noun [uncountable] water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky:
The rain has stopped at last.
There had been heavy rain during the night.
drizzle noun [uncountable] light rain with very small drops of water:
A light drizzle was falling as I left the house.
shower noun [countable] a short period of rain that can be heavy or light:
More heavy showers are forecast for tonight.
a light shower of rain
downpour noun [countable usually singular] a short period of very heavy rain that starts suddenly:
A sudden downpour sent us running for shelter.
a torrential downpour
hail noun [uncountable] frozen rain that falls in the form of hailstones (=small balls of ice):
The hail and high winds have destroyed many of the county’s crops.
sleet noun [uncountable] a mixture of snow and rain:
The rain had turned to sleet
Sleet and snow fell.
the rains noun [plural] heavy rain that falls during a particular period in the year in tropical countries:
The farmers are waiting for the rains to come.
monsoon noun [countable ] the heavy rain that falls between April and October in India and other southern Asian countries:
The monsoon is late this year.
the monsoon season
it rains heavily/hard (=a lot of water comes down)
It was raining heavily when we arrived in New York.
it rains non-stop/solidly/steadily (=without stopping)
It rained solidly every single day.
it rains slightly/lightly (=a little water comes down)
It’s raining slightly, but we can still go out.
it starts raining/it starts to rain
It had started to rain again.
it stops raining
Has it stopped raining?
it is raining cats and dogs informal (=it is raining very hard – this phrase sounds rather old-fashioned)
it’s raining drops of water are falling from the sky:
It’s raining – you’d better take an umbrella.
it’s pouring (down) British English, it’s pouring (rain) American English it is raining very heavily:
We stayed at home because it was pouring down all day.
it’s chucking it down British English informal it is raining very heavily:
Outside it was chucking it down and the streets were deserted.
it’s drizzling very gentle rain is falling:
It’s only drizzling – let’s go for a walk anyway.
it’s hailing frozen rain in the form of small balls of ice are falling:
It had been hailing and the roads were still slippery.

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