take a shower

  • 1take a bath — {v. phr.}, {informal} To come to financial ruin. * /Boy, did we ever take a bath on that merger with Brown & Brown, Inc./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 2take a bath — {v. phr.}, {informal} To come to financial ruin. * /Boy, did we ever take a bath on that merger with Brown & Brown, Inc./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3shower — 01. I d better take a [shower] before we go. I m all sweaty from playing tennis. 02. Don t use up all the hot water when you take a [shower]! I want to have one too. 03. She threw her coat on the bed and went into the bathroom to take a [shower] …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 4shower — I n. bath using an overhead spray 1) to have (BE), take a shower short period of rain brief downpour 2) a heavy; light shower 3) April; passing; scattered showers 4) a meteor; rain; thunder shower 5) a sun shower (esp. AE) ( rain that falls while …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 5shower — show|er1 [ ʃaur ] noun count ** 1. ) a piece of equipment that forces small drops of water into the air and is used for washing your body: The shower isn t working. a ) a small room or area with a shower: in the shower (=washing yourself under a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6take — I [[t]te͟ɪk[/t]] USED WITH NOUNS DESCRIBING ACTIONS ♦ takes, taking, took, taken (Take is used in combination with a wide range of nouns, where the meaning of the combination is mostly given by the noun. Many of these combinations are common… …

    English dictionary

  • 7shower — show|er1 S2 [ˈʃauə US ʃaur] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for washing in)¦ 2¦(act of washing)¦ 3¦(rain)¦ 4¦(lots of things)¦ 5¦(party)¦ 6¦(people)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: scur] 1.) ¦(F …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8shower — 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… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9shower — /ˈʃaʊə / (say showuh) noun 1. a brief fall of rain, hail, sleet or snow. 2. a similar fall, as of sparks or bullets. 3. a large supply or quantity: a shower of questions. 4. a party to which people bring presents for a specified recipient. See… …

  • 10shower — shower1 showerless, adj. showerlike, adj. /show euhr/, n. 1. a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow. 2. Also called shower bath. a bath in which water is sprayed on the body, usually from an overhead perforated nozzle (showerhead). 3 …

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