Shower

['ʃaʊə] or ['ʃaʊɚ]

Definition

(noun.) washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; 'he took a shower after the game'.

(noun.) a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; 'they installed a shower in the bathroom'.

(noun.) 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'.

(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'.

(noun.) a brief period of precipitation; 'the game was interrupted by a brief shower'.

(verb.) take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; 'You should shower after vigorous exercise'.

(verb.) spray or sprinkle with; 'The guests showered rice on the couple'.

(verb.) rain abundantly; 'Meteors showered down over half of Australia'.

(verb.) provide abundantly with; 'He showered her with presents'.

Checked by Jocelyn--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) One who shows or exhibits.

(n.) That which shows; a mirror.

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

(n.) That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.

(n.) A copious supply bestowed.

(v. t.) To water with a shower; to //t copiously with rain.

(v. t.) To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in /undance; to rain.

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

Edited by Candice

Definition

n. a fall of rain or hail of short duration: a copious and rapid fall: a liberal supply of anything.—v.t. to wet with rain: to bestow liberally.—v.i. to rain in showers.—ns. Show′er-bath a bath in which water is showered upon one from above: the apparatus for giving a bath by showering water on the person; Show′eriness the state of being showery.—adjs. Show′erless without showers; Show′ery abounding with showers.

Checked by Evan