SHOWER, noun One who shows or exhibits. SHOW'ER, noun [Qu. Heb. Ch. Ar. to be rough, to shudder.] 1. A fall of rain or hail, a sort of duration. It may be applied to like a fall of snow, but this seldon occurs. It is applied to a fall of rain or hail of short continuance, or of more or less violence, but never to a storm of long continuance. 2. A fall of thing from the air in thick succession; as a shower of darts or arrows; a shower of stones. 3. A copious supply bestowed; liberal distribution; as a great shower of gifts. SHOW'ER, verb transitive 1. To water with a shower; to wet copiously with rain; as, to shower the earth. 2. To bestow liberally; to distribute or scatter in abundance. Cesar's favor, That show'rs down greatness on his friends. Addison. 3. To be wet with falling water, as in the shower-bath. SHOW'ER, verb intransitive To rain with showers.
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