shower :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom"

n. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks"

shower

n. a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person; "her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting"

shower bath

n. washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game"

rain shower

n. a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower"

shower

v. spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple"

take a shower

v. take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"

shower down

v. rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia"

lavish, give generously

v. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"

bath, bathroom

n. a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet

sauna, sweat room

n. a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks

hail, hailstone

n. precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

sprinkle, scatter, dot, dust, intersperse, disperse

v. distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

mist, spray finely, cover with mist

v. spray finely or cover with mist

splash, spatter, plash, swash, splatter, splosh

v. dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"

blot, spot, stain, fleck, blob

v. make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"

spray

v. scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"

respect, honor, honour, observe, abide by

v. show respect towards; "honor your parents!"

shoot, fritter, fool, dissipate, fritter away, fool away, frivol away

v. spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"

run through, exhaust, wipe out, consume, deplete, run out of, use up, eat into

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

give

v. transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

waste, ware, consume, squander

v. spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"

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