About The Word Shower
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Shower
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What's The Definition Of Shower?
[n] washing yourself in a shower; you stand upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game"
[n] a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom" [n] a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks" [n] 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" [n] someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see [n] a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" [v] take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise" [v] provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents" [v] spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple" [v] expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" [v] rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia" Synonyms | Synonyms for Shower: cascade | exhibitioner | exhibitor | lavish | rain shower | shower bath | shower down Related Terms | Find terms related to Shower: See Also | ablution | bathe | bathing | blow | cater | descent | impresario | party | plumbing fixture | ply | promoter | provide | rain | rain | rain down | rainfall | scattering | shower bath | shower stall | showerhead | showman | spray | sprinkle | sprinkling | squander | supply | washup Shower In Webster's Dictionary \Show"er\, n.
1. One who shows or exhibits.
2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
\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. \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. \Show"er\, v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. --Shak. |
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