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Definition of Shower

1. Noun. A plumbing fixture that sprays water over you. "They installed a shower in the bathroom"

2. Verb. Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns. "They shower their grandchild with money"; "He was showered with praise"

3. Noun. Washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle. "He took a shower after the game"

4. Verb. Spray or sprinkle with. "They shower the image with coins "; "The guests showered rice on the couple"

5. Noun. A brief period of precipitation. "The game was interrupted by a brief shower"

6. Verb. Take a shower; wash one's body in the shower. "They shower themselves"; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"

7. Noun. A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower. "A sudden cascade of sparks"

8. Verb. Rain abundantly. "It was showering all day long "; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia"

9. Noun. Someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see.

10. Verb. Provide abundantly with. "They shower their grandchild with money"; "He showered her with presents"

11. 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"

Definition of Shower

1. n. One who shows or exhibits.

2. n. A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.

3. v. t. To water with a shower; to &?;&?;t copiously with rain.

4. v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.

Definition of Shower

1. Noun. A brief fall of precipitation. ¹

2. Noun. A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump. ¹

3. Noun. An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself. ¹

4. Noun. A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower. ¹

5. Noun. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts. ¹

6. Noun. (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict. ¹

7. Noun. (chiefly Irish UK Australia pejorative) A shower of shit. ¹

8. Noun. (chiefly Irish euphemism pejorative with ''of'' and an invective) (non-gloss definition Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier) ¹

9. Verb. (context: followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid). ¹

10. Verb. To bathe using a shower. ¹

11. Verb. to bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance ¹

12. Noun. One who shows. ¹

13. Noun. (slang) A man whose penis appears full size both when flaccid and when erect. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shower

1. to bathe in a spray of water [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shower

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showdown showdowns showed showed off showed up shower bath shower cap shower caps shower curtain shower curtains

shower down shower gel shower gels shower head shower heads shower room shower stall showered

Literary usage of Shower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900 by George Smith, Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1897)
"1658, was third son of William shower, merchant, of Exeter, by his wife Dorcas, daughter of John Anthony. John shower [qv] was his brother. ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal by Robert Jameson, William Jardine, Henry Darwin Rogers (1826)
"Mr Arnot informs me, that, about a year ago, a shower of herrings fell near ... shower of Shells in Ireland. — "I send you another instance of a shower of ..."

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