SHOWER
\ʃˈa͡ʊə], \ʃˈaʊə], \ʃ_ˈaʊ_ə]\
Definitions of SHOWER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower"
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rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia"
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a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom"
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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"
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take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"
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provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"
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spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple"
By Princeton University
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a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower"
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rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia"
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a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom"
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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"
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take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"
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provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"
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spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who shows or exhibits.
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That which shows; a mirror.
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A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
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That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.
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A copious supply bestowed.
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To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.
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To water with a shower; to t copiously with rain.
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To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in undance; to rain.
By Oddity Software
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One who shows or exhibits.
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That which shows; a mirror.
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A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
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That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.
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A copious supply bestowed.
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To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.
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To water with a shower; to t copiously with rain.
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To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in undance; to rain.
By Noah Webster.
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A brief fall of rain or hail; anything resembling a rainfall in its abundance.
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To water abundantly; bestow liberally upon.
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To rain for a short time; to fall as in a shower.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A fall of rain or hail, of short duration: a copious and rapid fall.
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To wet with rain: to bestow liberally.
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To rain in showers.
By Daniel Lyons
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To sprinkle; pour out; rain; scatter.
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A fall, as of rain, hail, or sleet, of short duration; abundant supply.
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Snowery.
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One who shows.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo Saxon , Icelandic , German] A fall of rain or hail of short duration; — that which resembles a shower in falling through the air copiously and rapidly; a rapid succession or thick fall, as of arrows, &c.;—an abundant supply; liberal distribution, as of gifts, blessings, &c.
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