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shower
noun
- 1. A sudden but short and usually light fall of rain, snow or hail.
2. A fall of drops of any liquid.
3. A sudden (especially heavy) burst or fall.
- Example: a shower of bullets
- Example: a shower of abuse
4a. An abundance or accession of wedding gifts, gifts for a baby, etc;
(N Amer)
4b. A party at which such gifts are presented.
5. A device that produces a spray of water for bathing under, usually while standing.
6. A room or cubicle fitted with such a device or devices.
7. An act or an instance of bathing under such a device.
8. physics.
- A large number of fast particles that arise from a high-energy particle.
- A detestable or worthless person or group of people.
- tr & intr
1. To cover, bestow, fall or come abundantly.
- Example: He showers her with gifts
- Example: Arrows showered down from the battlements
- Thesaurus: deluge, pour, inundate, heap, lavish, load, overwhelm.
2. To bathe under a shower.
intr
3. To rain in showers.
adj
