Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shower"
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) 1.7 (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 should
shower after vigorous exercise"
4: rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of
Australia." [syn: {shower down}]
5: provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"
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