| shower |  | |
| 1. n. A brief fall of precipitation. | |
| Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells. | |
| 2. n. A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump. | |
| 3. n. An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself. | |
| I′m going to have a shower. (UK, Australia) | |
| I′m going to take a shower. (especially US) | |
| 4. n. A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower. | |
| a shower of sparks; a meteor shower; a Gatorade shower | |
| 5. n. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts. | |
| Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower? | |
| Her church group has planned an adoption shower. | |
| 6. n. A bridal shower. | |
| The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid. | |
| 7. n. A baby shower. | |
| Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict. | |
| 9. n. (chiefly Irish, UK, Australia, pejorative) A shower of shit. | |
| 10. n. (chiefly Irish, euphemistic, pejorative, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier | |
| 11. v. (followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid). | |
| 12. v. To bathe using a shower. | |
| 13. v. To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down. | |
| 15. n. One who shows. | |
| 16. n. some object or activity that is shown in a contest | |
| Example: That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year | |
| 17. n. (slang) A man whose penis appears roughly full size both when flaccid and when erect. | |
