'Shower' definitions:

Definition of 'shower'

From: WordNet
noun
A plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom"
noun
Washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game" [syn: shower, shower bath]
noun
A brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" [syn: shower, rain shower]
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" [syn: shower, cascade]
noun
Someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see [syn: exhibitor, exhibitioner, 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"
verb
Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" [syn: lavish, shower]
verb
Spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple"
verb
Take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"
verb
Rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia" [syn: shower, shower down]
verb
Provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"

Definition of 'Shower'

From: GCIDE
  • Shower \Show"er\, n.
  • 1. One who shows or exhibits. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shower'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • In drought or else showers. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly. [1913 Webster]
  • With showers of stones he drives them far away. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A copious supply bestowed. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • He and myself Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Shower bath, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shower'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in ?undance; to rain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • C?sar's favor, That showers down greatness on his friends. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shower'

From: GCIDE
  • Shower \Show"er\, v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'shower'

From: Moby Thesaurus