SHOWER

shower, shower bath

(noun) washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; “he took a shower after the game”

shower

(noun) a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; “they installed a shower in the bathroom”

shower, cascade

(noun) 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”

shower

(noun) 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”

exhibitor, exhibitioner, shower

(noun) someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see

shower, rain shower

(noun) a brief period of precipitation; “the game was interrupted by a brief shower”

shower

(verb) take a shower; wash one’s body in the shower; “You should shower after vigorous exercise”

shower

(verb) spray or sprinkle with; “The guests showered rice on the couple”

lavish, shower

(verb) expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; “He was showered with praise”

shower, shower down

(verb) rain abundantly; “Meteors showered down over half of Australia”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

shower (plural showers)

A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade).

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.

Synonym: shower bath

An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.

Synonym: shower bath

A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.

A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.

A bridal shower.

A baby shower.

(obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.

(chiefly, Irish, UK, Australia, pejorative) A shower of shit.

(chiefly, Irish, euphemistic, pejorative, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier

Verb

shower (third-person singular simple present showers, present participle showering, simple past and past participle showered)

(followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid).

To bathe using a shower.

To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance

(intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.

Synonyms

• (bathe using a shower): have a shower (British), take a shower (especially US)

Etymology 2

Noun

shower (plural showers)

One who shows.

some object or activity that is shown in a contest

(slang) A man whose penis appears roughly full size both when flaccid and when erect.

Antonym: grower

Anagrams

• Howser, Whoser, howers, reshow, whores

Source: Wiktionary

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Show"er, n.

1. One who shows or exhibits.

2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Show"er, n. Etym: [OE. shour, schour, AS. se; akin to D. schoer, G. schauer, OHG. sc, Icel. sk, Sw. skur, Goth. sk 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 Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth. Milton.

2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in Shak. Cshowers down greatness on his friends. Addison.

Show"er, v. i.

Definition: To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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