shower

Noun

1. A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
2. 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.
3. An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
4. A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
5. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
6. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
7. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
8. 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.
9. (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
10. (Australia, Ireland, UK, derogatory) A shower of shit.
11. (Ireland, derogatory, euphemistic) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
12. (British, informal, singular) A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.

Verb

1. To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
2. To bathe using a shower.
3. To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
4. (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.

Opposite of

grower

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: shour

Inherited from Old English: sċūr

Cognate with Dutch: schoer

Cognate with German: Schauer

Cognate with Old Norse: skúr

Cognate with Norwegian: skur

Cognate with Swedish: skur

Inherited from Middle English: showre

Inherited from Old English: sċēawere

Cognate with Dutch: schouwer

In summary

From Middle English schour, 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 Bokmål skur, Swedish skur, Danish skur, Russian север (sever).

Synonyms

rain

🌧️

sprinkle

bathe

shower bath

downpour

douche

rain shower

drizzle

shower-bath

wash oneself

wash

🧽

lavish

overwhelm

rainfall

take a shower

bath

🛀

pour down

torrent

deluge

spray

hail

pour

bathroom

jet

cloudburst

inundate

shower down

pour over

strew

cascade

heavy shower

have a shower

light rain

water

🚰

sink

scatter

spate

flurry

besiege

flow

rainstorm

flood

pelt

exhibitor

gush

exhibitioner

assail

drown

disseminate

drencher