'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
- abound,
- abundance,
- accord,
- administer,
- aerosol,
- affluence,
- afford,
- allot,
- allow,
- ample sufficiency,
- ampleness,
- amplitude,
- aquamanile,
- aspergil,
- aspergillum,
- atomizer,
- automatic dishwasher,
- avalanche,
- award,
- ball,
- baptize,
- barrage,
- basin,
- bath,
- bathe,
- bathtub,
- bestow,
- bestow on,
- bidet,
- blood rain,
- blowout,
- bombard,
- bombardment,
- bonanza,
- bountifulness,
- bountiousness,
- bristle with,
- broadside,
- bumper crop,
- burst,
- cannonade,
- clyster,
- cocktail party,
- coffee klatch,
- cold shower,
- communicate,
- concentrate sprayer,
- confer,
- copiousness,
- costume party,
- crawl with,
- creep with,
- deal,
- deal out,
- deluge,
- descend,
- dinner,
- dinner party,
- dish out,
- dishpan,
- dishwasher,
- dispense,
- dole,
- dole out,
- donate,
- donation party,
- douche,
- drizzle,
- drop,
- drum,
- drumfire,
- enema,
- entertainment,
- evening mist,
- ewer,
- extend,
- extravagance,
- exuberance,
- exuberate,
- fall,
- fertility,
- festivity,
- finger bowl,
- Finnish bath,
- flood,
- flow,
- flurry,
- flush,
- flush out,
- foam,
- foison,
- fork out,
- fountain syringe,
- froth,
- full measure,
- fullness,
- fusillade,
- garden party,
- gargle,
- generosity,
- generousness,
- gift,
- gift with,
- give,
- give freely,
- give out,
- gout of rain,
- grant,
- great abundance,
- great plenty,
- gush,
- hail,
- hand out,
- heap,
- help to,
- hen party,
- hip bath,
- holystone,
- house party,
- house-raising,
- housewarming,
- hummum,
- impart,
- inundate,
- irrigate,
- issue,
- Japanese bath,
- Kaffeeklatsch,
- kitchen sink,
- landslide,
- lather,
- launder,
- lavabo,
- lavatory,
- lave,
- lavish,
- lavishness,
- lawn party,
- let have,
- liberality,
- liberalness,
- lots,
- luxuriance,
- mask,
- masque,
- masquerade,
- masquerade party,
- maximum,
- mete,
- mete out,
- mist,
- mist concentrate sprayer,
- misty rain,
- mizzle,
- moisture,
- mop,
- mop up,
- more than enough,
- much,
- myriad,
- myriads,
- needle bath,
- nozzle,
- numerousness,
- offer,
- opulence,
- opulency,
- outpouring,
- overflow,
- overwhelm,
- party,
- patter,
- pelt,
- piscina,
- pitter-patter,
- plash,
- plenitude,
- plenteousness,
- plentifulness,
- plenty,
- plunge bath,
- pour,
- pour with rain,
- precipitate,
- precipitation,
- present,
- prevalence,
- prodigality,
- productiveness,
- proffer,
- profuseness,
- profusion,
- proliferate,
- quantities,
- rain,
- rain tadpoles,
- raindrop,
- rainfall,
- rainwater,
- render,
- repleteness,
- repletion,
- rich harvest,
- rich vein,
- richness,
- rinse,
- rinse out,
- riot,
- riotousness,
- ritually immerse,
- run over,
- Russian bath,
- salvo,
- sauna,
- sauna bath,
- scads,
- Scotch mist,
- scour,
- scrub,
- scrub up,
- serve,
- shampoo,
- shatter,
- sheet of rain,
- shell out,
- shindig,
- shindy,
- shower bath,
- shower curtain,
- shower down,
- shower head,
- shower room,
- shower stall,
- showers,
- sink,
- sitz bath,
- slip,
- slosh,
- sluice,
- sluice out,
- smoker,
- snow,
- soap,
- sparge,
- sparger,
- spate,
- spatter,
- spindrift,
- spit,
- splash,
- splatter,
- sponge,
- sponge bath,
- spray,
- spray can,
- sprayer,
- sprinkle,
- sprinkler,
- sprinkler head,
- sprinkling,
- sprinkling system,
- spume,
- stag,
- stag party,
- storm,
- stream,
- substantiality,
- substantialness,
- superabundance,
- surprise party,
- swab,
- swarm with,
- swash,
- sweat bath,
- Swedish bath,
- syringe,
- tattoo,
- teem,
- teem with,
- teemingness,
- tender,
- toivel,
- torrent,
- tub,
- Turkish bath,
- unfrozen hydrometeor,
- vouchsafe,
- wash,
- wash barrel,
- wash boiler,
- wash out,
- wash up,
- washbasin,
- washbowl,
- washdish,
- washer,
- washing machine,
- washing pot,
- washpot,
- washstand,
- washtub,
- watercart,
- watering can,
- watering pot,
- wealth,
- weep,
- wet,
- whirlpool bath,
- yield