shower
noun
[ ˈʃaʊə ]
• a brief and usually light fall of rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
• "a day of sunny spells and scattered showers"
• a cubicle or bath in which a person stands under a spray of water to wash.
• "all rooms have private shower and WC"
• a group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.
• "look at this lot—what a shower!"
• a party at which presents are given to someone, typically a woman who is about to get married or have a baby.
• "she loved going to baby showers"
shower
verb
• (of a mass of small things) fall or be thrown in a shower.
• "bits of broken glass showered over me"
• wash oneself in a shower.
• "she showered and went down to breakfast"
Origin:
Old English scūr ‘light fall of rain, hail, etc.’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoer and German Schauer .
