to take or have a shower

  • 1shower — 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 …

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  • 2shower — 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

  • 3shower — 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… …

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  • 4have a wash — take a shower, get cleaned up …

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  • 5shower — 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

  • 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… …

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  • 7Shower (film) — Infobox Film name = Shower image size = caption = DVD cover of Shower director = Zhang Yang producer = Peter Loehr Imar Film writer = Zhang Yang Liu Fendou Huo Xin Diao Yi nan Cai Shangjun starring = Zhu Xu Pu Cunxin Jiang Wu music = Ye Xiaogang… …

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  • 8Shower — A shower (also called shower bath) is a booth for washing, usually in a bathroom, having an overhead nozzle that sprays water down on the body. A full bathroom may include a shower stall, whereas a half bathroom will not. History The practice of… …

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  • 9shower — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 for washing your body ADJECTIVE ▪ cold, cool ▪ hot, steaming, warm ▪ brief, quick …

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  • 10shower — 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 …

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