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ˈʃaʊə/
n.
- a brief and usually light fall of rain or snow.
- 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 cosmic-ray particle in the earth's atmosphere.
- a cubicle or bath in which a person stands under a spray of water to wash.
▸an act of washing oneself in a shower.
- N. Amer. a party at which presents are given to a woman who is about to get married or have a baby.
- Brit. informal an incompetent or worthless group of people.
v.
- fall, throw, or be thrown in a shower:
broken glass showered down.
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(shower something on/upon or shower someone with)
give a great number of things to someone.
- wash oneself in a shower.
Etymology
OE scūr ‘light fall of rain’, of Gmc origin.