Result from Foreign Dictionaries (5 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in ?undance; to rain. --Shak. [1913 Webster] C?sar's favor, That showers down greatness on his friends. --Addison. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shower \Show"er\, n. 1. One who shows or exhibits. [1913 Webster] 2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] In drought or else showers. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. --Milton. [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. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. A copious supply bestowed. [R.] [1913 Webster] He and myself Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {Shower bath}, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shower \Show"er\, v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: shower n 1: a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom" 2: washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game" [syn: {shower}, {shower bath}] 3: a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" [syn: {shower}, {rain shower}] 4: 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" [syn: {shower}, {cascade}] 5: someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see [syn: {exhibitor}, {exhibitioner}, {shower}] 6: 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" v 1: expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" [syn: {lavish}, {shower}] 2: spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple" 3: take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise" 4: rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia" [syn: {shower}, {shower down}] 5: provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"