"shower" meaning in English

See shower in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃaʊ.ə(r)/ [UK], /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/ [US] Audio: en-au-shower.ogg [Australia] Forms: shower [singular], showers [plural]
enPR: shou'ər [UK], shou'ər [US] Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A shower is a place with water spraying down to clean something.
    Sense id: simple-shower-en-noun-R2rG~xsf
  2. A shower is a light rain.
    Sense id: simple-shower-en-noun-4y6LiRdq

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃaʊ.ə(r)/ [UK], /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/ [US] Audio: en-au-shower.ogg [Australia] Forms: shower [canonical], showers [third-person, singular], showered [past], showered [past, participle], showering [present, participle]
enPR: shou'ər [UK], shou'ər [US] Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you shower, you spray water on your body to clean yourself.
    Sense id: simple-shower-en-verb-9374MnIa
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