shower
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
- 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.
- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- 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.
- (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
- A shower of shit.
- Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
- (informal) A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.
Concepten
een douche nemen
een stortbad nemen
uitstrooien
verstrooien
dusch
vehrs
besprenkelen
gietbui
punteren
rondstrooien
spikkelen
stippelen
Synoniemen
shower bath
shower-bath
wash oneself
take a shower
light rain
pour over
have a shower
heavy shower
spray irrigation
sprinkler irrigation
bask in the sun
cascade down
clean oneself
showery rain
rain upon
ceiling shower
cosmic-ray shower
dust-storm
sprinkling irrigation
squirting irrigation
take a shower
have a shower
overhead irrigation
pour on
showerstall
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English shour, from Old English sċūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). Cognate with Dutch schoer, German Schauer, Old Norse skúr, Norwegian skur, Swedish skur.
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