English words for 'To take a shower.'
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verb
- To bathe using a shower.
- take a shower; wash one's body in the shower
- (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
- To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
- To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
- provide abundantly with
- spray or sprinkle with
- expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
- rain abundantly
noun
- (slang) A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself.
- (chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- A baby shower.
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
- 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.
- (British, informal, in the singular) A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.
- A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
- One who shows.
- An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
- (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.
- (chiefly Ireland, euphemistic, derogatory, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
- A bridal shower.
- washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
- a brief period of precipitation
- a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
- a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
- a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person
- someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
verb
noun
- A showerhead.
- A water main
- (uncountable) Hydrocephalus
- The amount of water or water pressure provided by a waterhead (reservoir or portion of a device that stores water).
- A reservoir or natural source of water that is put to use.
- A spring or headwater.
- A stupid and/or ugly person.
- A burst of water.
- The enlarged head of a person or animal with hydrocephalus.
- A hydrocephalic person or animal
- The place where water enters or exits a device or system
- An area of high elevation, viewed as the catchment basin for a region.
- A portion of a device or system where water is stored before it is used, such as a header tank.
verb
noun
verb
- To bathe or wash (someone or something).
- (reflexive) To bathe or wash.
- To surround or gently touch (someone or something), as if with water.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts; followed by at: to lick.
- To surround as if with water.
- Followed by into, on, or upon: to pour (water or some other liquid) with or as if with a ladle into or on someone or something; to lade, to ladle.
- Of a river or other water body: to flow along or past (a place or thing); to wash.
- To remove (something), as if by washing away with water.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts: to lick (someone or something).
- wash one's face and hands
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash or flow against
noun
noun
- you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower
- a steam room where facilities are available for a bath followed by a shower and massage
- An establishment where these facilities are available.
- An Islamic steam bath followed by a massage and, if running water is available, a dip in cool water.
verb
prefix
noun
- A shower taken by a person in cold water; as taken for therapeutic reasons, or suggested as a remedy to calm sexual excitement.
- (figurative) Something unexpected and often unpleasant which makes one take stock or reconsider something; a sudden change or turn of events.
- (figurative) A chilly or unenthusiastic reaction to something or someone.
noun
- a person who takes a bath
- a person who travels through the water by swimming
- One who bathes (cleans oneself with water, for example in a bathtub).
- A bathing costume
- One who gives a bath to another.
- A sunbather
- One who immerses oneself in water for pleasure or refreshment: one who swims (for example at a lake or beach).
noun
- A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
- (chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
- a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
verb
noun
- A misty shower; dew.
- (food) Ellipsis of dag sandwich.
- A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
- (chiefly Ireland) Pronunciation spelling of dog.
- A skewer.
- A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
- (Australia slang, derogatory) One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd.
- The unbranched antler of a young deer.
- A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
- (graph theory) A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
- 10 grams
intj
verb
noun
- a soaking and washing in a bathtub
- a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
- an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons
- (real estate, informal) Clipping of bathroom.
- (by extension) A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
- A building or area where bathing occurs.
- An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
- The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
- (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).
- The body of liquid one bathes in.
- A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
- Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
verb
noun
- a bath in which you add something to foam and scent the bath water
- a crystal, powder, or liquid preparation that foams in, scents, and softens bathwater.
- The product poured in the bath to create those bubbles.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.
- A bath in which an additive, usually soap, is poured directly into the water that creates bubbles; a foam bath.
verb
noun
- Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
- (humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
- (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
- The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
- A small cask.
- (automotive) The bare body shell of an automobile (minus the doors, hood, trunk lid, fenders, etc.) which is lowered onto the chassis at the time of assembly, or in the case of modern unibody designed vehicles, is itself a monocoque around which the rest of the vehicle is built.
- (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
- A bathtub.
- A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
- (slang) A corpulent or obese person.
- a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
- the amount that a tub will hold
- a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
noun
- A bath taken in a tub.
- Collectively, materials for tubs.
- (mining) A lining of timber or metal around a mineshaft, which is watertight, used to safely penetrate quicksand, water, etc. It can be made of various materials, such as wood, concrete, or cast iron.
- The forming of a tub.
- The activity of rowing in crudely-made boats.
- A hazing ritual in which the victim's head is held underwater.
verb
noun
- A showerhead.
- A water main
- (uncountable) Hydrocephalus
- The amount of water or water pressure provided by a waterhead (reservoir or portion of a device that stores water).
- A reservoir or natural source of water that is put to use.
- A spring or headwater.
- A stupid and/or ugly person.
- A burst of water.
- The enlarged head of a person or animal with hydrocephalus.
- A hydrocephalic person or animal
- The place where water enters or exits a device or system
- An area of high elevation, viewed as the catchment basin for a region.
- A portion of a device or system where water is stored before it is used, such as a header tank.
verb
noun
noun
- you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower
- a steam room where facilities are available for a bath followed by a shower and massage
- An establishment where these facilities are available.
- An Islamic steam bath followed by a massage and, if running water is available, a dip in cool water.
noun
- A shower taken by a person in cold water; as taken for therapeutic reasons, or suggested as a remedy to calm sexual excitement.
- (figurative) Something unexpected and often unpleasant which makes one take stock or reconsider something; a sudden change or turn of events.
- (figurative) A chilly or unenthusiastic reaction to something or someone.
verb
- To bathe or wash (someone or something).
- (reflexive) To bathe or wash.
- To surround or gently touch (someone or something), as if with water.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts; followed by at: to lick.
- To surround as if with water.
- Followed by into, on, or upon: to pour (water or some other liquid) with or as if with a ladle into or on someone or something; to lade, to ladle.
- Of a river or other water body: to flow along or past (a place or thing); to wash.
- To remove (something), as if by washing away with water.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts: to lick (someone or something).
- wash one's face and hands
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash or flow against
noun
noun
- a person who takes a bath
- a person who travels through the water by swimming
- One who bathes (cleans oneself with water, for example in a bathtub).
- A bathing costume
- One who gives a bath to another.
- A sunbather
- One who immerses oneself in water for pleasure or refreshment: one who swims (for example at a lake or beach).
noun
- A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
- (chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
- a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
verb
noun
- A misty shower; dew.
- (food) Ellipsis of dag sandwich.
- A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
- (chiefly Ireland) Pronunciation spelling of dog.
- A skewer.
- A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
- (Australia slang, derogatory) One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd.
- The unbranched antler of a young deer.
- A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
- (graph theory) A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
- 10 grams
intj
verb
noun
- a soaking and washing in a bathtub
- a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
- an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons
- (real estate, informal) Clipping of bathroom.
- (by extension) A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
- A building or area where bathing occurs.
- An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
- The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
- (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).
- The body of liquid one bathes in.
- A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
- Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
verb
noun
- a bath in which you add something to foam and scent the bath water
- a crystal, powder, or liquid preparation that foams in, scents, and softens bathwater.
- The product poured in the bath to create those bubbles.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.
- A bath in which an additive, usually soap, is poured directly into the water that creates bubbles; a foam bath.
noun
- A bath taken in a tub.
- Collectively, materials for tubs.
- (mining) A lining of timber or metal around a mineshaft, which is watertight, used to safely penetrate quicksand, water, etc. It can be made of various materials, such as wood, concrete, or cast iron.
- The forming of a tub.
- The activity of rowing in crudely-made boats.
- A hazing ritual in which the victim's head is held underwater.
verb
verb
- To bathe using a shower.
- take a shower; wash one's body in the shower
- (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
- To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
- To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
- provide abundantly with
- spray or sprinkle with
- expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
- rain abundantly
noun
- (slang) A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself.
- (chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- A baby shower.
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
- 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.
- (British, informal, in the singular) A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.
- A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
- One who shows.
- An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
- (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.
- (chiefly Ireland, euphemistic, derogatory, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
- A bridal shower.
- washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
- a brief period of precipitation
- a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
- a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
- a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person
- someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
verb
verb
- To bathe or wash (someone or something).
- (reflexive) To bathe or wash.
- To surround or gently touch (someone or something), as if with water.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts; followed by at: to lick.
- To surround as if with water.
- Followed by into, on, or upon: to pour (water or some other liquid) with or as if with a ladle into or on someone or something; to lade, to ladle.
- Of a river or other water body: to flow along or past (a place or thing); to wash.
- To remove (something), as if by washing away with water.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts: to lick (someone or something).
- wash one's face and hands
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash or flow against
noun
verb
verb
noun
- Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
- (humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
- (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
- The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
- A small cask.
- (automotive) The bare body shell of an automobile (minus the doors, hood, trunk lid, fenders, etc.) which is lowered onto the chassis at the time of assembly, or in the case of modern unibody designed vehicles, is itself a monocoque around which the rest of the vehicle is built.
- (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
- A bathtub.
- A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
- (slang) A corpulent or obese person.
- a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
- the amount that a tub will hold
- a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids