overshower en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + shower.
Meanings
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(transitive) To 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:
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(intransitive) To 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overshowering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overshowered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overshowered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overshowers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |