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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Shower \Show"er\, v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Shower \Show"er\, n.

1. One who shows or exhibits.

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

--Wyclif.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)