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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHOWER, n. One who shows or exhibits.
SHOW'ER, n. [Qu. Heb. Ch. Ar. to be rough, to shudder.]
1. A fall of rain or hail, a sort of duration. It may be applied to like a fall of snow, but this seldom occurs. It is applied to a fall of rain or hail of short continuance, or of more or less violence, but never to a storm of long continuance.
2. A fall of thing from the air in thick succession; as a shower of darts or arrows; a shower of stones.
3. A copious supply bestowed; liberal distribution; as a great shower of gifts.
SHOW'ER, v.t.
1. To water with a shower; to wet copiously with rain; as, to shower the earth.
2. To bestow liberally; to distribute or scatter in abundance.
Cesar's favor,
That show'rs down greatness on his friends. Addison.
3. To be wet with falling water, as in the shower-bath.
SHOW'ER, v.i. To rain with showers.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom"
2: washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game" [syn: shower, shower bath]
3: a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" [syn: shower, rain shower]
4: 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" [syn: shower, cascade]
5: someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see [syn: exhibitor, exhibitioner, shower]
6: 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
1: expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" [syn: lavish, shower]
2: spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple"
3: take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"
4: rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia" [syn: shower, shower down]
5: provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English shour, from Old English sc?r; akin to Old High German sc?r shower, storm, Latin caurus northwest wind Date: before 12th century 1. a. a fall of rain of short duration b. a similar fall of sleet, hail, or snow 2. something resembling a rain shower <a shower of statistics>; especially a fall of meteors which belong to a single group and whose trails appear to originate at the same point in space 3. a party given by friends who bring gifts often of a particular kind <a bridal shower> 4. a bath in which water is showered on the body; also the apparatus that provides a shower • showerless adjective • showery adjective II. verb Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to rain or fall in or as if in a shower <letters showered on him in praise and protest> 2. to bathe in a shower transitive verb 1. a. to wet (as with water) in a spray, fine stream, or drops b. (1) to cause to fall in a shower <factory chimneys showered soot on the district> (2) to cause a shower to fall on <showered the newlyweds with rice> 2. to give in abundance <showered her with honors> • showerer noun III. noun Date: 14th century one that shows ; exhibitor

NOAA Weather Glossary

Precipitation that is intermittent, both in time, space or intensity.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a brief fall of esp. rain, hail, sleet, or snow. 2 a a brisk flurry of arrows, bullets, dust, stones, sparks, etc. b a similar flurry of gifts, letters, honours, praise, etc. 3 (in full shower-bath) a a cubicle, bath, etc. in which one stands under a spray of water. b the apparatus etc. used for this. c the act of bathing in a shower. 4 a group of particles initiated by a cosmic-ray particle in the earth's atmosphere. 5 US a party for giving presents to a prospective bride, etc. 6 Brit. sl. a contemptible or unpleasant person or group of people. --v. 1 tr. discharge (water, missiles, etc.) in a shower. 2 intr. use a shower-bath. 3 tr. (usu. foll. by on, upon) lavishly bestow (gifts etc.). 4 intr. descend or come in a shower (it showered on and off all day). Derivatives: showery adj. Etymology: OE scur f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shower Show"er, v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shower Show"er, n. 1. One who shows or exhibits. 2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(showers, showering, showered) 1. A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray. She heard him turn on the shower. N-COUNT 2. A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower. N-COUNT 3. The showers or the shower in a place such as a sports centre is the area containing showers. The showers are a mess... We all stood in the women's shower. N-COUNT 4. If you have a shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. I think I'll have a shower before dinner... She took two showers a day. N-COUNT 5. If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. There wasn't time to shower or change clothes. VERB: V 6. A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain. There'll be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon. N-COUNT 7. You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them. Showers of sparks flew in all directions. N-COUNT: usu N of n 8. If you are showered with a lot of small objects or pieces, they are scattered over you. They were showered with rice in the traditional manner... VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with n 9. If you shower a person with presents or kisses, you give them a lot of presents or kisses in a very generous and extravagant way. He showered her with emeralds and furs... Her parents showered her with kisses. VERB: V n with n, V n with n 10. A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts.; If you refer to a group of people as a particular kind of shower, you disapprove of them. (mainly AM BRIT INFORMAL) ...a baby shower. ...a shower of wasters. N-COUNT; N-SING: usu sing, oft N of n [disapproval]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

shou'-er:

(1) rebhibhim, a plural form apparently denoting gentle rain, usually used figuratively, as in De 32:2; Ps 72:6; Mic 5:7.

(2) geshem, used of gentle rain in Job 37:6: "shower of rain," the King James Version "small rain"; used of the flood in Ge 7:12. Figuratively, of blessing, "showers of blessing" (Eze 34:26); of destruction: "There shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it" (Eze 13:13).

(3) zerem, usually storm or tempest (compare Isa 4:6; 28:2): "They are wet with the showers of the mountain" (Job 24:8).

(4) ombros (Lu 12:54), Rain is unknown in Palestine in the long summer of 5 or 6 months. A few showers usually fall in September, succeeded by fine weather for some weeks before the beginning of the heavy and long-continued winter rains.

Alfred Ely Day

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