| shower1 |
| SYLLABICATION: | show·er |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  shou  r |
| NOUN: | 1. A brief fall of precipitation, such as rain, hail, or sleet. 2. A fall of a group of objects, especially from the sky: a meteor shower; a shower of leaves. 3. An abundant flow; an outpouring: a shower of praise. 4. A party held to honor and present gifts to someone: a bridal shower. 5a. A bath in which the water is sprayed on the bather in fine streams from a showerhead, usually secured overhead: take a shower. b. The stall or tub in which such a bath is taken. |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: show·ered, show·er·ing, show·ers |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To pour down in a shower: showered confetti on the parade. 2. To cover with or as if with a shower. See synonyms at barrage2. 3. To bestow abundantly or liberally. |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To fall or pour down in or as if in a shower. 2. To wash oneself in a shower. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English shour, from Old English sc r. |
| OTHER FORMS: | shower·y —ADJECTIVE |
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