shower

«shower» in Mova's school dictionary: A device that sprays water on you from above to wash your… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a shower, showers); verb (shower, showers, showered, showering)

meaning for a pupil

1) A device that sprays water on you from above to wash your body, or the act of washing under it. tree →

2) A short period of rain or snow: April showers. tree →

3) A lot of small things falling together: a shower of sparks, a meteor shower. tree →

4) As a verb, to wash under a shower, or to give someone a lot of something: shower them with gifts. tree →

5) A party where people bring presents, like a baby shower (mainly American). tree →

sense in the lessons

In hygiene, a shower washes off sweat and dirt; use soap, and shower after sport or swimming. In safety, check the water temperature first so you do not get scalded, and watch for slippery floors. In weather and science, showers are short bursts of rain from clouds; a meteor shower is many shooting stars. Showers use less water than baths if they are short, which saves water. Phrases: "have/take a shower", "shower gel", "rain showers", "meteor shower", "showered with".

examples

• I have a shower after football. tree →
• Check the water isn't too hot before you get in the shower. tree →
• The forecast says sunny with light showers. tree →
• We watched a meteor shower at night. tree →
• A shower of leaves fell from the tree. tree →
• The bathroom floor is slippery after a shower. tree →
• A five-minute shower saves water. tree →
• Her grandparents showered her with hugs. tree →
• There fell a shower of snow. tree →

note

Pronounced to rhyme with "flower". British English: "have a shower"; American English: "take a shower". Countable: a shower, showers. In maths, if a shower uses 10 litres a minute, a 5-minute shower uses 10 × 5 = 50 litres.

In the corpora

• Hot water costs energy to heat, so long showers cost money and leave less for the next person.
• Wet bathroom floors are slippery, so you step out of the bath or shower carefully onto a bath mat.
• Short showers save water and the energy that heats it.
• Short showers of about five minutes save water and energy.
• If you need the toilet while swimming, get out and go, and shower before getting back in.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shower» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.