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shower1/ʹshowə/ nouna fall of rain, snow, etc of short duration something falling like a rain shower a shower of sparks an apparatus that provides a spray stream of water for washing spraying on the body an act of washing oneself in this way using such an apparatus chiefly NAmer a party for a bride-to-be or expectant mother, when gifts are given Brit, informal a motley or inferior collection of people a large number of particles produced when a cosmic-ray particle collides with the upper atmosphere showery adj [Old English scūr]
shower2verb (showered, showering)verb intrans to fall or cause to fall descend in or as if in a shower Letters showered on him in praise and protest to cover or spray with or as if with a shower to wet (somebody or something) copiously, e.g. with water, in a spray, fine stream, or drops to cause (something) to fall in a shower Factory chimneys showered soot on the neighbourhood to cover (somebody or something) with or as if with a shower to present (somebody) with something in abundance They showered him with honours |