shower

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of washing yourself while standing under water sprayed from above.

   They took a shower after the game.

2. 2
   noun

   The bathroom fixture that sprays water for washing.

   They installed a new shower in the bathroom.

3. 3
   noun

   A short period of rain.

   The game was interrupted by a brief shower.

4. 4
   verb

   To wash yourself under a shower.

   I shower every morning before work.

5. 5
   verb

   To give someone a large amount of something.

   They showered the children with presents.

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”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch schoer (“downpour, heavy rainshower”), German Schauer (“shower”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skur (“shower”), Faroese skúrur (“shower”), Icelandic skúr (“shower”), Norn skur (“squall”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra, “storm”), Italian coro (“northwestern wind”), Spanish cauro (“northwestern wind”), Belarusian се́вер…

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