shower : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shower	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for shower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shower n a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom" washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game" Synonym(s): shower, shower bath a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" Synonym(s): shower, rain shower 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" Synonym(s): shower, cascade someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see Synonym(s): exhibitor, exhibitioner, shower 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" v expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" Synonym(s): lavish, shower spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple" take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise" rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia" Synonym(s): shower, shower down provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shower \Show"er\, v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shower \Show"er\, n. 1. One who shows or exhibits. 2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.