I. show ‧ er 1 S2 /ˈʃaʊə $ ʃaʊr/ BrE AmE 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
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THESAURUS
▪ rain noun [uncountable] water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky:
The rain has stopped at last.
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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.
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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.
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a torrential downpour
▪ hail noun [uncountable] frozen rain that falls in the form of ↑ hailstone s (=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
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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.
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the monsoon season
II. shower 2 BrE AmE 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.