shower

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: shou'ər, IPA ^(key): /ˈʃaʊ.ə(r)/
• (US) enPR: shou'ər, IPA ^(key): /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/

• Audio (AU)

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Noun

Singular shower

Plural showers

A shower

1. (countable) 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. (countable) 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