Shower — Defs

01 n. One who shows or exhibits.

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

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.

Phrases & compounds

Shower bath — a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also.

03 v. t. To water with a shower; to ��t copiously with rain.

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.
“C�sar's favor, That showers down greatness on his friends.” — Addison.

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