Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - shower
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Shower
shower
~1 n 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 v 1 to wash your whole body while standing under a shower 2 I always + adv/prep, 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.)
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(showers, showering, showered) 1. A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray. She heard him turn on the shower. N-COUNT 2. A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower. N-COUNT 3. The showers or the shower in a place such as a sports centre is the area containing showers. The showers are a mess... We all stood in the women’s shower. N-COUNT 4. If you have a shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. I think I’ll have a shower before dinner... She took two showers a day. N-COUNT 5. If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. There wasn’t time to shower or change clothes. VERB: V 6. A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain. There’ll be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon. N-COUNT 7. You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them. Showers of sparks flew in all directions. N-COUNT: usu N of n 8. If you are showered with a lot of small objects or pieces, they are scattered over you. They were showered with rice in the traditional manner... VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with n 9. If you shower a person with presents or kisses, you give them a lot of presents or kisses in a very generous and extravagant way. He showered her with emeralds and furs... Her parents showered her with kisses. VERB: V n with n, V n with n 10. A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts.; If you refer to a group of people as a particular kind of shower, you disapprove of them. (mainly AM BRIT INFORMAL) ...a baby shower. ...a shower of wasters. N-COUNT; N-SING: usu sing, oft N of n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English shour, from Old English scur; akin to Old High German scur ~, storm, Latin caurus northwest wind Date: before 12th century 1. a. a fall of rain of short duration b. a similar fall of sleet, hail, or snow 2. something resembling a rain ~ a ~ of statistics; especially a fall of meteors which belong to a single group and whose trails appear to originate at the same point in space 3. a party given by friends who bring gifts often of a particular kind a bridal ~ 4. a bath in which water is ~ed on the body; also the apparatus that provides a ~ • ~less adjective • ~y adjective II. verb Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to rain or fall in or as if in a ~ letters ~ed on him in praise and protest 2. to bathe in a ~ transitive verb 1. a. to wet (as with water) in a spray, fine stream, or drops b. (1) to cause to fall in a ~ factory chimneys ~ed soot on the district (2) to cause a ~ to fall on ~ed the newlyweds with rice 2. to give in abundance ~ed her with honors • ~er noun III. noun Date: 14th century one that shows ; exhibitor ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a brief fall of esp. rain, hail, sleet, or snow. 2 a a brisk flurry of arrows, bullets, dust, stones, sparks, etc. b a similar flurry of gifts, letters, honours, praise, etc. 3 (in full shower-bath) a a cubicle, bath, etc. in which one stands under a spray of water. b the apparatus etc. used for this. c the act of bathing in a shower. 4 a group of particles initiated by a cosmic-ray particle in the earth's atmosphere. 5 US a party for giving presents to a prospective bride, etc. 6 Brit. sl. a contemptible or unpleasant person or group of people. --v. 1 tr. discharge (water, missiles, etc.) in a shower. 2 intr. use a shower-bath. 3 tr. (usu. foll. by on, upon) lavishly bestow (gifts etc.). 4 intr. descend or come in a shower (it showered on and off all day). Derivatives showery adj. Etymology: OE scur f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) ливень 2) душ 3) поливать, орошать - air-mass shower - hail shower - rain shower - snow shower ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1) душ 2) душевой 3) ливень 4) ливневый 5) ливневый дождь - air-mass shower - cosmic-ray shower - extensive air shower - meteor shower - shower cubicle - shower gate - shower maximum - shower of particles - shower theory ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. ливень to be overtaken by a shower —- попасть под проливной дождь 2. обильное выпадение (снега, града) shower of rain —- дождь, ливень shower of hail —- град, выпадение града shower of sleet —- мокрый снег shower of sparks —- сноп искр shower of meteors, meteor shower —- астр. метеорный поток 3. физ. ливень космических лучей, космический ливень 4. душ (также shower bath) shower room —- душевая shower stall —- ам. душевая кабина 5. обилие, множество shower of tears —- потоки слез shower of dust —- туча пыли shower of arrows —- град стрел letters come in showers —- письма сыплются как из рога изобилия 6. преим. ам. прием гостей в доме невесты с преподнесением свадебных подарков 7. осыпать, забрасывать (также shower up) to shower stones (up)on smb. —- забрасывать кого-либо камнями to shower bullets (up)on smb. —- осыпать кого-либо градом пуль to shower letters (up)on smb. —- бомбардировать кого-либо письмами to shower gifts (up)on smb. —- задаривать кого-либо, засыпать кого-либо подарками to shower smb. with honours —- оказывать кому-либо всевозможные почести 8. литься ливнем; быть сильным (о граде, снеге) it is showering —- (дождь) льет как из ведра, идет сильный ливень 9. литься (ручьями); сыпаться (градом) tears shower from her yeys —- слезы ручьем текут у нее из глаз 10. поливать, орошать; брызгать to shower rain upon the fields —- напоить...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I noun тот, кто показывает II 1. noun 1) ливень; a shower of hail - град 2) душ 3) град (пуль, вопросов) 4) phys. поток (электронов) 2. v. 1) лить(ся) ливнем 2) поливать, орошать 3) осыпать; забрасывать; to be showered with telegrams - быть засыпанным телеграммами; to shower stones upon smb. - забросать кого-л. камнями 4) принять душ ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. scur "short fall of rain, fall of missiles or blows," from W.Gmc. *skuraz, from base *skuro. Sense of "shower bath" first recorded 1851. The verb is from 1573. Meaning "large number of gifts bestowed on a bride," extended to the party at which it happens, is Amer.Eng. colloquial from 1926. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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