transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃaʊə(r) ]
( showers, showering, showered)
1.
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.
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2.
A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower.
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3.
The showers or the shower 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.
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4.
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.
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5.
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 : V
6.
A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain.
There’ll be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon.
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7.
You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them.
Showers of sparks flew in all directions.
N-COUNT : usu N of n
8.
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...
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed with n
9.
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...
Her parents showered her with kisses.
VERB : V n with n , V n with n
10.
A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts.; If you refer to a group of people as a particular kind of shower , you disapprove of them. ( mainly AM BRIT INFORMAL )
...a baby shower.
...a shower of wasters.
N-COUNT ; N-SING : usu sing , oft N of n [ disapproval ]