overshower

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verb

To shower from above; to dispense liberally to.

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Meanings

verbovershower (third-person singular simple present overshowers, present participle overshowering, simple past and past participle overshowered)

present singular third person overshowers · participle present overshowering · participle past overshowered · past overshowered

  1. transitiveTo shower from above; to dispense liberally to.

    […] they are said to hate and punish wrong and violence; they may show mercy to those who call upon them in their afflictions, their faithful worshipper they overshower with favors.

    1906, The Lutheran Quarterly, volume 36, page 74
  2. intransitiveTo shower (wash one's body in a shower) too much or too long.

    Don't overshower. Wetting the skin is a vicious cycle. You want to add moisture to your skin by trapping it under the moisturizer, but you don't want to strip away moisture.

    2000, Deborah A. Cohen, Just Get Me Through This!: The Practical Guide to Breast Cancer

Origin

From over- + shower.

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APA

overshower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshower

MLA

“overshower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshower. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overshower,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshower.

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