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show⋅er⋅y

  [shou-uh-ree]
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–adjective
1. characterized by or abounding with showers: the showery season in the tropics.
2. falling in showers: showery petals.
3. causing or bringing showers: showery clouds.
4. of, pertaining to, or resembling showers: showery spray from the ocean.
Origin:
1585–95; shower 1 + -y 1

Related forms:
show⋅er⋅i⋅ness, noun
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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