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Meanings of shower in English

Russian
душ
Portuguese
chuveiro
Spanish
ducha
Catalan
dutxa
Wikidata

Place in which a person bathes under a spray of water.

        душ
        Catalan
        expositor

        Someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see.

              expositor
              Spanish
              chaparrón

              A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower.

                    chaparrón
                    Portuguese
                    esbanjar
                    Catalan
                    malbaratar

                    Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns.

                          esbanjar
                          Usage of shower in English
                          1
                          Not the drinking water which is separate but shower water, he said.
                          Radio NZ
                          2
                          Going home the next morning she wanted to shower and change clothes.
                          All That Is
                          3
                          A month later, the Fourteen Points speech came as a cold shower.
                          The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
                          4
                          The shower had taken three minutes, getting his hair right much longer.
                          Brave New World
                          5
                          Whatever her opinion, Jovina was careful to shower praise on Brutus' general.
                          The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
                          6
                          Expect to surface needing a good shower and a change of shoes.
                          The South African
                          7
                          Great news is that Orionids is the brightest shower on the list.
                          The South African
                          8
                          In 1906 the first shower bath was installed in an elementary school.
                          Health Work in the Public Schools
                          9
                          They were out of breath; the shower passed away upon the sea.
                          Lord Jim
                          10
                          Minutes passed and the shower ceased as quickly as it had come.
                          Beneath a southern sky
                          11
                          The news of his death was like a shower-bath; it roused her.
                          Hard Cash
                          12
                          She left again and a minute later Bolan heard the shower running.
                          Salvador strike
                          13
                          The shower broke through the pine branches and poured upon the tent.
                          The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
                          14
                          This summer saw a particularly dramatic display from the Perseid meteor shower.
                          The Guardian
                          15
                          It was only thirty-six hours ago that I'd had a good shower.
                          Stand by your hitman
                          16
                          The shower of money will go down the drain, said Bishop Krautler.
                          Reuters
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                          Translations for shower
                          Russian
                          душ
                          Shower through the time
                          Shower across language varieties
                          Canada
                          Common
                          South Africa
                          Common
                          Australia
                          Common
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