Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).

    besprühen, einsprühen

    полива́тьpolivátʹ, поли́тьpolítʹ, бры́згатьbrýzgatʹ

    бризкатиbryzkaty

    spray or sprinkle with

  2. (intransitive)To bathe using a shower.

    duschen, Dusche nehmen

    принима́ть душprinimátʹ duš, приня́ть душprinjátʹ duš

    прийма́ти душpryjmáty duš, прийня́ти душpryjnjáty duš

    take a shower; wash one's body in the shower

  3. (idiomatic, transitive)To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.

    He showered his new partner with expensive gifts.

    überschütten (mit)

    осыпа́тьosypátʹ, осы́патьosýpatʹ

  4. (intransitive)To rain in a shower; to cascade down.

    rain abundantly

Examples

1084 sentences

  1. I was caught in a shower.

    Мене спіймали в душі. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ попала под ливень. — marafon

    deIch bin in einen Regenschauer geraten. — Dejo

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  2. Tom wanted to take a shower.

    Том хотів прийняти душ. — deniko

    ruТом хотел принять душ. — odexed

    deTom wollte duschen. — Yorwba

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  3. I'll go take a shower now.

    Піду зараз прийму душ. — deniko

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  4. I take a shower every morning.

    Я приймаю душ щоранку. — deniko

    ruЯ принимаю душ каждое утро. — marafon

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  5. Tom made me take a shower.

    Том примусив мене прийняти душ. — deniko

    ruТом заставил меня принять душ. — soweli_Elepanto

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to spray with:
to bathe using a shower:
Русский
By meaning 3
to spray with:
to bathe using a shower:
to bestow liberally:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to spray with:
to bathe using a shower:
to bestow liberally:

Origin

From Middle English schour (“shower”), from Old English sċūr (“shower”), from Proto-West G

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”).

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Forms

showers, showering, showered, showered
Base formshower · to shower
3rd person singularshowers
Present participleshowering
Past simpleshowered
Past participleshowered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshower
he, she, itshowers

Past simpleLesson

all personsshowered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave showered
he, she, ithas showered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shower

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
bathe using a shower:have a showertake a shower
Close in meaning

Word family

78 related words
Derivedair showeraluminum showerbaby showerbidet showerbridal showerbrown showercold showercommunal showercowboy showerdaddy showerdad showerdry showerearly showerelectric showerfalse showergang showergolden showergroomal showerhalf-showerhand showerlingerie showermango showerman showermeteor shower

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • take a shower
  • in the shower
  • in a shower
  • shower every morning
  • a shower before
  • shower every
  • a shower every
  • shower before breakfast
  • shower every day
  • a shower on
  • of the shower
  • a shower in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
showA1showcaseB2showdownshoweryshowmanshowroom
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