noun

noun

1. a brief fall of rain, or sometimes of hail, sleet, or snow
2. a sudden, abundant fall or discharge, as of tears, meteors, rays, sparks, etc.
3. an abundant flow; rush a shower of compliments
4. ☆ a party at which a number of gifts are presented to the guest of honor a bridal shower
5. ☆
   1. a bath in which the body is sprayed with fine streams of water from a perforated nozzle, usually fixed overhead
      in full shower bath
   2. an apparatus, as in a bathtub, or a room or enclosure used for this

Etymology: ME schoure < OE scur, akin to Ger schauer, shower, squall < IE base *(s)keu-, to cover > shoe, hide

transitive verb

1. to make wet as with a spray of water; sprinkle; spray
2. to pour forth or scatter in or as in a shower showered with praise

intransitive verb

1. to fall or come as a shower
2. to bathe under a shower