1.  shower(n = noun.artifact) - a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom"
is a kind of plumbing fixture
is a part of shower bath, shower stall
has parts: showerhead
Derived form verb shower₃

2.  shower(n = noun.act) shower bath - washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game"
is a kind of bathing, washup
Derived form verb shower₃

3.  shower(n = noun.phenomenon) rain shower - a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower"
is a kind of rain, rainfall
has particulars: scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling
Derived forms verb shower₄, adjective showery₁

4.  shower(n = noun.event) cascade - 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"
is a kind of descent
Derived form verb shower₄

5.  shower(n = noun.person) exhibitioner, exhibitor - someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see;
is a kind of impresario, promoter, showman

6.  shower(n = noun.group) - 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"
is a kind of party

1.  shower(v = verb.possession) lavish - expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"
is one way to consume, squander, ware, waste
Sample sentences: They shower their grandchild with money

2.  shower(v = verb.contact) - spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple"
is one way to spray
Sample sentences: They shower coins on the image ; They shower the image with coins

3.  shower(v = verb.body) - take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"
is one way to bathe
Derived forms noun shower₂, noun shower₁
Sample sentences: They shower ; They shower themselves

4.  shower(v = verb.weather) shower down - rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia"
is one way to rain, rain down
Derived forms noun shower₄, noun shower₃
Sample sentences: It was showering all day long

5.  shower(v = verb.consumption) - provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"
is one way to cater, ply, provide, supply
Sample sentences: They shower their grandchild with money

1.  One who shows or exhibits. [1913 Webster]

2.  That which shows; a mirror. Wyclif. [1913 Webster]

1.  A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow. [1913 Webster]
"In drought or else showers." [1913 Webster]
"Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers." [1913 Webster]

2.  That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly. [1913 Webster]
"With showers of stones he drives them far away." [1913 Webster]

3.  A copious supply bestowed. [1913 Webster]
"He and myself
Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts." [1913 Webster]

1.  To water with a shower; to 1913 Webster]
"Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth." [1913 Webster]

2.  To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in Shak. [1913 Webster]
"C That showers down greatness on his friends." [1913 Webster]

   To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak. [1913 Webster]

shower, 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).

Derivative:
showery adj.

Etymology:
OE scur f. Gmc

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N  river, running water, jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau, sluice, water spout, water fall, cascade, force, foss, lin, linn, ghyll, Niagara, cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe, cataclysm, debacle, inundation, deluge, chute, washout, rain, rainfall, serein, shower, scud, downpour, driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst, hyetology, hyetography, predominance of Aquarius, reign of St. Swithin, mizzle, drizzle, stillicidum, plash, dropping, falling weather, northeaster, hurricane, typhoon, stream, course, flux, flow, profluence, effluence, defluxion, flowing, current, tide, race, coulee, spring, artesian well, fount, fountain, rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet, streamlet, brooklet, branch, runnel, sike, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river, reach, tributary, geyser, spout, waterspout, body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash, spring tide, high tide, full tide, bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre, fresh, freshet, indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow, confluence, corrivation, wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple, anerythmon gelasma, beach comber, riffle, rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps, rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea, hydrodynamics, hydraulics, hydraulicostatics, rain gauge, flowmeter, pegology, irrigation, pump, watering pot, watering cart, hydrant, syringe, garden hose, lawn spray, bhisti, mussuk, fluent, diffluent, profluent, affluent, tidal, flowing, meandering, meandry, meandrous, fluvial, fluviatile, streamy, showery, rainy, pluvial, stillicidous, stillatitious, for men may come and men may go but I go on foreve, that old man river, he just keeps rolling along.

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