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Shower - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Shower : (noun)
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"; "a sudden
cascade of sparks" [syn: cascade]
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"
(verb)
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"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shower : \Show"er\, v. i.
To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.
--Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shower : \Show"er\, n.
1. One who shows or exhibits.
2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Shower |
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MDoesIt: It's Christmas Eve, which means it's my mom's birthday. I hope I can Shower her with hugs this year and she'll be happy. Times are hard |
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izzytheskittle: Proof there's no God: Went to have a Shower; was no hot water. How am I supposed to celebrate your son's birthday with cold water, hmm God? |
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Kathryn_Black: @Naomi__McC ive got your Christmas present here i'l try and get it down , just out of the Shower there now : ) we love @nickjonas xo |
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