shower
A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
Noun 4 meanings
A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
“Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.”
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.
An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
“I’m going to have a shower.”
A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
“a shower of sparks; a meteor shower; a Gatorade shower”
Verb 4 meanings
To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
To bathe using a shower.
To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
“He showered his new partner with expensive gifts.”
To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
Etymology
From Middle English schour (“shower”), from Old English sċūr (“shower”), from Proto-West Germanic *skūru (“shower”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, short shower”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north, north wind, cold wind, rain shower”).
SHOWER at a glance
SHOWER has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + O 1 + W 4 + E 1 + R 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,963 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with shower
All rhymesOne letter away
- SHOWED13
- SLOWER9
- STOWER9
- SHOVER12
- SHORER9
- SHEWER12
- SHODER10
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