Definitions for shower

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shower show·er

Spelling: [shou-er]

IPA: /ˈʃaʊ ər/

Shower is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in shower (ehorsw).

Definitions for shower

noun

1. a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
2. Also called shower bath. a bath in which water is sprayed on the body, usually from an overhead perforated nozzle (showerhead)
3. the apparatus for this or the room or stall enclosing it.
4. a large supply or quantity:
5. a party given for a bestowal of presents of a specific kind, especially such a party for a prospective bride or prospective mother:
6. a fall of many objects, as tears, sparks, or missiles.
7. Astronomy. air shower.
8. showers, a room or area equipped with several showerheads or stalls for use by a number of people at the same time.
9. a person or thing that shows.

Idioms

1. send to the showers, Baseball. to replace (a pitcher) during a game, usually because he or she is ineffective: to cause (a pitcher) to be replaced in a game, as by getting many hits off him or her; knock out of the box:

verb (used with object)

1. to bestow liberally or lavishly.
2. to deluge (a person) with gifts, favors, etc.:
3. to bathe (oneself) in a shower bath.

verb (used without object)

1. to rain in a shower.
2. to take a shower bath.

Origin of shower

before 950; Middle English shour (noun), Old English scūr; cognate with German Schauer, Old Norse skūr, Gothic skūra

Examples for shower

Once more may the rustling of the shower refresh our longing ears!

A shower of red-hot stones warned him that he was near the volcano.

I was too far to hear him, but the people broke out with a shower of sticks and stones.

His explanation only diminishes the irresistible excitement we feel while watching Tony Perkins peer at Janet Leigh in her shower.

They go into the bathroom, and he asks her to sit by him in the shower.

I left my winders open, and I think there's a shower comin' up.

“Wait…” Suddenly a huge, graceful black marlin leaps out of the water, sending a shower of water ten feet high.

I was so relieved, until I thought about my dirty pantyhose hanging on the shower at home.

One measly year later, Pam woke to find a naked Ewing grinning at her in the shower.

So far above the shower had been his head, that not a hair of it was moistened by the rain-drops!