shower

Pronunciation

• enPR: /shou'ər/
• IPA: /ˈʃaʊɝ/
• SAMPA: /"SaU@`/

Noun

Singular shower

Plural showers

A shower

1. A shower is a place with water spraying down to clean something.

   I got up, went to the toilet, and jumped in the shower.

   I usually have a shower before going to work.

2. A shower is a light rain.

   Today, it will be cloudy with occasional showers.

See also

• bath

Verb

Plain form shower

Third-person singular showers

Past tense showered

Past participle showered

Present participle showering

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you shower, you spray water on your body to clean yourself.

   After his workout, he showered quickly and then got dressed.

See also

• bathe