inglese > italiano | |
shower | |
1. sost. doccia | |
inglese > inglese | |
shower | |
1. subst. A brief fall of precipitation. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
2. subst. 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. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
3. subst. An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I′m going to have a shower. (UK, Australia) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I′m going to take a shower. (especially US) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
4. subst. A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
a shower of sparks; a meteor shower; a Gatorade shower | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
5. subst. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower? | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Her church group has planned an adoption shower. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
6. subst. A bridal shower. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
7. subst. A baby shower. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
8. subst. (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
9. subst. (chiefly Irish, UK, Australia, pejorative) A shower of shit. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
10. subst. (chiefly Irish, euphemistic, pejorative, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
11. v. (followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid). | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
12. v. To bathe using a shower. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
13. v. To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
14. v. (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
15. subst. One who shows. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
16. subst. some object or activity that is shown in a contest | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Example: That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
17. subst. (slang) A man whose penis appears roughly full size both when flaccid and when erect. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
italiano > inglese | |
doccia | |
1. subst. shower | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
2. subst. drainpipe | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
3. subst. (surgery) plaster cast | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |