shower

Definitions

1. 1.That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.To water with a shower; to Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth. Milton.
6. 6.To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in Shak. Cshowers down greatness on his friends. Addison.
7. 7.To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is shower.

• What is that which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] Wyclif called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to water with a shower; to Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth. Milton called?
• What is to bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in Shak. Cshowers down greatness on his friends. Addison called?
• What is to rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak called?