shower

CEFRA1

/ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A device that sprays water over the body.

  2. 02

    noun

    A short period of rain.

Examples

  • I usually take a shower in the evening.

  • I was caught in shower on my way home.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈʃoʊ.ɚ/
  • /ˈʃuː.ɐ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.

  3. A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.

More examples

In context

  • We now have a functioning shower.

  • Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.

  • I’m going to have a shower.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English schour (“shower”), from Old English sċūr (“shower”), from Proto-West Germanic *skūru (“shower”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, short shower”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north, north wind, cold wind, rain shower”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch schoer (“downpour, heavy rainshower”), German Schauer (“shower”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skur (“shower”), Faroese skúrur (“shower”), Icelandic skúr (“shower”), Norn skur (“squall”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra, “storm”), Italian coro (“northwestern wind”), Spanish cauro (“northwestern wind”), Belarusian се́вер (sjévjer), сі́вер (sívjer), Bulgarian and Russian се́вер (séver, “north”), Czech and Slovak s...