shower
/ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/ noun A1- A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation. · Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.
- A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself. · I’m going to have a shower.· I’m going to take a shower.
- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower. · a shower of sparks; a meteor shower; a Gatorade shower
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts. · Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower?
- A bridal shower. · The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.
- A baby shower. · Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves.
- A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand. · See also shower (juggling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Plural showers
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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While she was trying to fix on one, the cook took the cauldron of soup off the fire, and at once set to work throwing everything within her reach at the Duchess and the baby—the fire-irons came first; then followed a shower of saucepans, plates, and dishes.
He had hardly spoken when a shower of nuts and twigs spattered down through the branches; and they could hear coughings and howlings and angry jumpings high up in the air among the thin branches.
A fresh shower came down on their heads and the two trotted away, taking Mowgli with them.
“A barrowful of _what?_” thought Alice; but she had not long to doubt, for the next moment a shower of little pebbles came rattling in at the window, and some of them hit her in the face.
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