shower
verb/ˈʃaʊə(r)/
/ˈʃaʊər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shower | /ˈʃaʊə(r)/ /ˈʃaʊər/ |
| he / she / it showers | /ˈʃaʊəz/ /ˈʃaʊərz/ |
| past simple showered | /ˈʃaʊəd/ /ˈʃaʊərd/ |
| past participle showered | /ˈʃaʊəd/ /ˈʃaʊərd/ |
| -ing form showering | /ˈʃaʊərɪŋ/ /ˈʃaʊərɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to wash yourself under a shower
- She showered and dressed and went downstairs.
- He had already showered by the time they got home.
- [intransitive] shower (down) on somebody/something | shower down to fall onto somebody/something, especially in a lot of small pieces
- Volcanic ash showered down on the town after the eruption.
- [transitive] shower somebody with something to drop a lot of small things onto somebody
- The bride and groom were showered with rice as they left the church.
- The roof collapsed, showering us with dust and debris.
- [transitive] to give somebody a lot of something
- shower somebody with something He showered her with gifts.
- shower something on somebody He showered gifts on her.
Word OriginOld English scūr ‘light fall of rain, hail, etc.’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoer and German Schauer.
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