shower

shower
1 noun (C)
1 FOR WASHING IN a thing that you stand under to wash your whole body: Why does the phone always ring when I'm in the shower?
2 ACT OF WASHING an act of washing your body while standing under a shower: I need a shower. | take a shower especially AmE have a shower especially BrE: Nick rolled out of bed, took a shower and got dressed.
3 RAIN a short period of rain or snow: Heavy showers are forecast in the hills tomorrow. | a snow shower
4 THINGS IN THE AIR a lot of small, light things falling or appearing together
(+ of): Peter kicked the fire and sent up a shower of sparks.
5 PARTY especially AmE a party at which presents are given to a woman who is going to get married or have a baby: We're having a shower for Sherri on Friday. | a baby shower
6 PEOPLE BrE informal a group of stupid or lazy people
2 verb
1 (I) to wash your whole body while standing under a shower
2 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) to scatter a lot of small light things onto a person or place, or to be scattered in this way
(+ down/over/upon): Volcanic dust showered down on the onlookers. | shower sb/sth with: The branches of the trees showered me with snow. | shower sth down/over/on: Thousands of leaflets were showered over occupied France.
3 to generously give someone a lot of things: shower sb with sth: They were set on by a mob that showered them with stones. | shower sth on/upon sb: Childless herself, she'd shower my kids with toys.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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