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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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