shower

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)

  1. An example of a shower is a museum docent.
  2. An example of a shower is a brief period of rainfall.
  3. An example of a shower is how one bathes in a gym.
  4. 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)

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

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See shower in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who shows, exhibits, etc.

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
    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

  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

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See shower in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A brief fall of precipitation, such as rain, hail, or sleet.
  2. A fall of a group of objects, especially from the sky: a meteor shower; a shower of leaves.
  3. An abundant flow; an outpouring: a shower of praise.
  4. A party held to honor and present gifts to someone: a bridal shower.
  5. 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.
verb show·ered, show·er·ing, show·ers
verb, transitive
  1. To pour down in a shower: showered confetti on the parade.
  2. To cover with or as if with a shower. See Synonyms at barrage2.
  3. To bestow abundantly or liberally.
verb, intransitive
  1. To fall or pour down in or as if in a shower.
  2. To wash oneself in a shower.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English shour

Origin: , from Old English scūr

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Related Forms:

  • showˈer·y adjective

noun
One that shows: a shower of thoroughbred horses; a shower of great affection.

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