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A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
- Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.
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A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
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An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
- I’m going to have a shower.
- I’m going to take a shower.
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A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
- a shower of sparks; a meteor shower; a Gatorade shower
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A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower?
- Her church group has planned an adoption shower.
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A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.; A bridal shower.
- The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.
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A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.; A baby shower.
- Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves.
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A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
- See also shower (juggling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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A battle, an attack; conflict.obsolete
- With this I maye be sure to come sauf / and goo sauf / and that the quene shal haue her lyberte as she had before / and neuer for no thynge that hath ben surmysed afore this tyme / she neuer fro this day stande in no peryll / for els sayd s
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A shower of shit.AustraliaIrelandUK
- You all behaved like a shower, now you are to be treated like a shower
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To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).transitive
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To bathe using a shower.intransitive
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To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.idiomatictransitive
- He showered his new partner with expensive gifts.
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To rain in a shower; to cascade down.intransitive
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One who shows.
- When you show a credential there's a protocol whereby the showee has assurance that the shower possesses a credential of the particular type without actually seeing the bit string.
- Once the showee looks at the object, the shower removes his or her gaze from the showee and gazes back at the object (see below and Fig. 5.2).
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An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
- That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.
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A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself.slang
- As a man who can best be described as a "grower not a shower", I helped Brent realize that many people in the gay community are concerned in a very adolescent way with their dick size, including me.
- "Growers" are guys whose penises tend to contract a lot lengthwise when flaccid, while "show-ers" are guys whose penises could be said to merely "deflate" without contracting much in length.