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shower |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shower \Show"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Showered}; p. pr & vb n. {Showering}.] 1. To water with a shower; to ??t copiously with rain. Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth. --Milton. 2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in ?undance; to rain. --Shak. C?sar's favor, That showers down greatness on his friends. --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shower \Show"er\, v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shower \Show"er\, n. 1. One who shows or exhibits. 2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] --Wyclif. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shower \Show"er\, n. [OE. shour, schour, AS se?r; akin to D. schoer, G. schauer OHG. sc?r, Icel. sk?r, Sw skur, Goth. sk?ra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain origin.] 1. A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes but rarely, a like fall of snow. In drought or else showers. --Chaucer. Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. --Milton. 2. That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly. With showers of stones he drives them far away --Pope. 3. A copious supply bestowed. [R.] He and myself Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts. --Shak. {Shower bath}, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shower n 1: a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you "they installed a shower in the bathroom" 2: washing yourself in a shower; you stand upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game" [syn: {shower bath}] 3: a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" [syn: {rain shower}] 4: a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals" 5: someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see [syn: {exhibitor}, {exhibitioner}] 6: a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person; "her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting" v 1: expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns: "He was showered with praise" [syn: {lavish}] 2: spray or sprinkle with "The guests showered rice on the couple" 3: take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You shuld shower after vigorous exercise" 4: rain heavily [syn: {shower down}] 5: provide abundantly with "He showered her with presents"
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