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show⋅er

1  [shou-er]
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–noun
1. a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
2. Also called shower bath. a bath in which water is sprayed on the body, usually from an overhead perforated nozzle (showerhead).
3. the apparatus for this or the room or stall enclosing it.
4. a large supply or quantity: a shower of wealth.
5. a party given for a bestowal of presents of a specific kind, esp. such a party for a prospective bride or prospective mother: a linen shower; a baby shower.
6. a fall of many objects, as tears, sparks, or missiles.
7. Astronomy. air shower.
8. showers, a room or area equipped with several showerheads or stalls for use by a number of people at the same time.
–verb (used with object)
9. to bestow liberally or lavishly.
10. to deluge (a person) with gifts, favors, etc.: She was showered with gifts on her birthday.
11. to bathe (oneself) in a shower bath.
–verb (used without object)
12. to rain in a shower.
13. to take a shower bath.
—Idiom
14. send to the showers, Baseball.
a. to replace (a pitcher) during a game, usually because he or she is ineffective: The coach sent him to the showers after he walked three batters in a row.
b. to cause (a pitcher) to be replaced in a game, as by getting many hits off him or her; knock out of the box: Two home runs and a line-drive double sent her to the showers.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME shour (n.), OE scūr; c. G Schauer, ON skūr, Goth skūra

Related forms:
show⋅er⋅less, adjective
show⋅er⋅like, adjective

Synonyms:
4. flood, deluge, torrent, stream.
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show⋅er

2  [shoh-er]
–noun
a person or thing that shows.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME shewere, OE scēawere, deriv. of scēawian to show, see -er 1

air shower

 
–noun
a shower of secondary cosmic radiation, caused by the interaction of cosmic radiation or gamma radiation with the atmosphere.
Also called shower.

Origin:
1955–60
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show·er 1   (shou'ər)   
n.  
  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.
    1. A bath in which the water is sprayed on the bather in fine streams from a showerhead, usually secured overhead: take a shower.
    2. The stall or tub in which such a bath is taken.
v.   show·ered, show·er·ing, show·ers

v.   tr.
  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.
v.   intr.
  1. To fall or pour down in or as if in a shower.
  2. To wash oneself in a shower.

[Middle English shour, from Old English scūr.]
show'er·y adj.
show·er 2   (shō'ər)   
n.  One that shows: a shower of thoroughbred horses; a shower of great affection.
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Shower

Show"er\, n. 1. One who shows or exhibits.

2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

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.

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.

Shower

Show"er\, v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : shower
Spanish: chubasco, chaparrón,
German: der Schauer,
Japanese: にわか雨
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shower  (n.)
O.E. scur "short fall of rain, fall of missiles or blows," from W.Gmc. *skuraz (cf. O.N. skur, O.S., O.H.G. scur, Ger. Schauer, Goth. skura, in skura windis "windstorm"), from base *skuro, from PIE base *kew-(e)ro- "north, north wind" (cf. L. caurus "northwest wind;" O.C.S. severu "north, north wind;" Lith. siaurus "raging, stormy," siaurys "north wind," siaure "north"). Sense of "shower bath" first recorded 1851. The verb is from 1573. Meaning "large number of gifts bestowed on a bride" (1904, Amer.Eng. colloquial) later was extended to the party at which it happens (1926).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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shower

see cold shower.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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