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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shower /ˈʃaʊə/
▶noun
  • 1 a brief and usually light fall of rain or snow.
  • 2 a mass of small things falling or moving at once.

    ■ a large number of things happening or given at the same time: a shower of awards.

    ■ a group of particles produced by a cosmic-ray particle in the earth's atmosphere.

  • 3 a cubicle or bath in which a person stands under a spray of water to wash.

    ■ an act of washing oneself in a shower.

  • 4 N. Amer. a party at which presents are given to a woman who is about to get married or have a baby.
  • 5 Brit. informal an incompetent or worthless group of people.
▶verb
  • 1 fall, throw, or be thrown in a shower: broken glass showered down.
  • 2 (shower something on/upon or shower someone with) give a great number of things to someone.
  • 3 wash oneself in a shower.
– origin OE scūr ‘light fall of rain’, of Gmc origin.



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