“showering” is a form of
shower
UK /ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/ noun, verb
Forms showers showering showered show-er shewer
- noun A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation. “Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.”
- noun A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
- noun An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself. “I’m going to have a shower.”
- noun A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower. “a shower of sparks; a meteor shower; a Gatorade shower”
- noun A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts. “Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower?”
- noun A bridal shower. “The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.”
- noun A baby shower. “Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves.”
- noun (juggling) A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
- verb (transitive) To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
- verb (intransitive) To bathe using a shower.
- verb (idiomatic, transitive) To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance. “He showered his new partner with expensive gifts.”
- verb (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
- noun One who shows.
- noun An object or activity that is shown in a contest. “That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.”
- noun (slang) A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself.
Synonyms
shower bath have a shower take a shower rain shower cascade exhibitor exhibitioner lavish shower down
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English schour (“shower”), from Old English sċūr (“shower”), from Proto-West Germanic *skūru (“shower”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, short shower”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north, north wind, cold wind, rain shower”).
Cognate with Dutch schoer (“downpour, heavy rainshower”), German Schauer (“shower”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skur (“shower”), Faroese skúrur (“shower”), Icelandic skúr (“shower”), Norn skur (“squall”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra, “storm”), Italian coro (“northwestern wind”), Spanish cauro (“northwestern wind”), Belarusian се́вер (sjévjer), сі́вер (sívjer), Bulgarian and Russian се́вер (séver, “north”), Czech and Slovak sever (“north”), Macedonian север (sever, “north”), Serbo-Croatian sȅvēr, sjȅvēr (“north”), Slovene sẹ́ver (“north”), Ukrainian сі́вер (síver, “cold, cold, bitter wind”).
Inherited from Middle English schewere, schewer, shewere (“one who exhibits something, actor; watchman; sign; mirror; index finger”), from Old English sċēawere (“an observer, one who examines into a matter; a spy; mirror; actor, buffoon”), equivalent to show + -er. Cognate with Dutch schouwer (“observer, visionary, clairvoyant”), German Schauer (“an inspector”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun One who shows or exhibits.
- noun That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] Wyclif.
- noun A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
- noun That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.
Etymology [OE. shour, schour, AS. se; akin to D. schoer, G. schauer, OHG. sc, Icel. sk, Sw. skur, Goth. sk a storm of wind; of uncertain origin.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “shower”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details