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The definition of a shower is a person who displays or exhibits, or is a brief fall of rain or snow, or is bathing by standing under flowing water, or a party to celebrate a future event.

(noun)

An example of a shower is a museum docent.
An example of a shower is a brief period of rainfall.
An example of a shower is how one bathes in a gym.
An example of a shower is a party for a bride; a bridal shower.

Shower is defined as to make wet or to bathe, or for something to fall on someone as if from bathing.

(verb)

An example of shower is to spray someone with a sprinkler.
An example of shower is to give a lot of gifts to someone.

See shower in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who shows, exhibits, etc.

noun

a brief fall of rain, or sometimes of hail, sleet, or snow
a sudden, abundant fall or discharge, as of tears, meteors, rays, sparks, etc.
an abundant flow; rush: a shower of compliments
☆ a party at which a number of gifts are presented to the guest of honor: a bridal shower
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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

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

transitive verb

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

intransitive verb

to fall or come as a shower
to bathe under a shower

Related Forms:

showery adjective

See shower in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A brief fall of precipitation, such as rain, hail, or sleet.
A fall of a group of objects, especially from the sky: a meteor shower; a shower of leaves.
An abundant flow; an outpouring: a shower of praise.
A party held to honor and present gifts to someone: a bridal shower.
a. A bath in which the water is sprayed on the bather in fine streams from a showerhead, usually secured overhead: take a shower.
b. The stall or tub in which such a bath is taken.