shower

  • 21shower — I. noun Etymology: Middle English shour, from Old English scūr; akin to Old High German scūr shower, 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.… …

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  • 22shower — 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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  • 23shower*/ — [ˈʃaʊə] noun [C] I 1) a piece of equipment that forces small drops of water into the air and is used for washing your body, or a small area with a shower in it The shower isn t working.[/ex] Is Sue still in the shower?[/ex] 2) the activity of… …

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  • 24shower — Synonyms and related words: Finnish bath, Japanese bath, Kaffeeklatsch, Russian bath, Scotch mist, Swedish bath, Turkish bath, abound, abundance, accord, administer, aerosol, affluence, afford, allot, allow, ample sufficiency, ampleness,… …

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  • 25shower — [ ʃaʊə] 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… …

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  • 26shower — n 1. sprinkle, sprinkling, mist, misting, drizzle, drizzling, Chiefly Dial. mizzling, spatter, spattering, sparge, sparging, spit, spitting, flurry; raindrops, rainfall, rain shower, wet. 2. spray, hail, torrent, pouring, downpour, cloudburst,… …

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  • 27Shower — Ein 4 Ball Shower (Siteswap 71) Der Shower ist ein Jongliermuster, das sich mit jeder Anzahl von Bällen jonglieren lässt. Der Siteswap für den 3 Ball Shower ist 51. Beim Shower gehen die Bälle immer im Kreis, wobei die linke Hand den Ball an die… …

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  • 28shower — {{11}}shower (n.) O.E. scur short fall of rain, fall of missiles or blows, from W.Gmc. *skuraz (Cf. O.N. skur, O.S., O.H.G. scur, Ger. Schauer, Goth. skura, in skura windis windstorm ), from *skuro, from PIE root *kew (e)ro north, north wind (Cf …

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  • 29shower — show•er [[t]ˈʃaʊ ər[/t]] n. 1) mer a brief fall of rain or of hail or snow 2) cvb Also called show′er bath . a bath in which water is sprayed on the body from above 3) the apparatus or space for providing such a bath 4) something resembling a… …

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  • 30shower — 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… …

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