What is "shower"

Shower \Show"er\, n.

1. One who shows or exhibits.

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

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.

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

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.

Old English scur "a short fall of rain, storm, tempest; fall of missiles or blows; struggle, commotion; breeze," from Proto-Germanic *skuraz (cognates: Old Norse skur, Old Saxon and Old Frisian scur "fit of illness;" Old High German scur, German Schauer "shower, downpour;" Gothic skura, in skura windis "windstorm"), from PIE root *kew-(e)ro- "north, north wind" (cognates: Latin caurus "northwest wind;" Old Church Slavonic severu "north, north wind;" Lithuanian šiaurus "raging, stormy," šiaurys "north wind," šiaure "north").\n

\nOf blood, tears, etc., from c.1400. Of meteors from 1835. Sense of "bath in which water is poured from above" first recorded 1851 (short for shower-bath, itself attested from 1803). Meaning "large number of gifts bestowed on a bride" (1904, American English colloquial) later was extended to the party at which it happens (1926). Shower curtain attested from 1914.

1570s, "come down in showers;" 1580s, "to discharge a shower," from shower (n.1). Intransitive sense from 1930. Related: Showered; showering.

"one who shows," Old English sceawere "spectator, watchtower, mirror," agent noun; see show (v.).

Etymology 1 n. 1 A brief fall of precipitation. 2 A device for bathe 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 An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself. 4 A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower. 5 A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts. 6 # A bridal shower. 7 # A baby shower. 8 (label en obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict. vb. 1 (context followed by with English) To spray with (a specified liquid). 2 To bathe using a shower. 3 to bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance Etymology 2

n. 1 One who shows. 2 (context slang English) A man whose penis appears roughly full size both when flaccid and when erect.

1. v. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" [syn: lavish]

2. spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple"

3. take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"

4. rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia" [syn: shower down]

5. provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"

1. n. a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom"

2. washing yourself in a shower; you stand upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game" [syn: shower bath]

3. a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" [syn: rain shower]

4. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks" [syn: cascade]

5. someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see [syn: exhibitor, exhibitioner]

6. 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"

A shower is the act of bathing under a spray of water, or the apparatus used to do so.

Shower or Showers may also refer to:

"Shower" is a song by American singer Becky G from her upcoming debut studio album. It was released on April 23, 2014 by Kemosabe Records and RCA Records as the lead single from the record. The song was written by Becky G, Dr. Luke, Cirkut and Rock City and it was produced by Dr. Luke and Cirkut. It is Becky's first top 20 hit in the United States. The official remix features American rapper Tyga.

A shower is a place in which a person bathes under a spray of typically warm or hot water. Indoors, there is a drain in the floor. Most showers have temperature, spray pressure and adjustable showerhead nozzle settings.

The simplest showers have a swivelling nozzle aiming down on the user, while more complex showers have a showerhead connected to a hose that has a mounting bracket. This allows the showerer to spray the water at different parts of their body. A shower can be installed in a small shower stall or bathtub with a plastic shower curtain or door.

Showering is common in Western culture due to the efficiency of using it compared to a bathtub. Its use in hygiene is therefore common practice. A shower uses less water on average than a bath: 80 litres for a shower compared to 150 litres for a bath.

In toss juggling, the shower is a juggling pattern for 3 or more objects, most commonly balls or bean bags, where objects are thrown in a circular motion. Balls are thrown high from one hand to the other while the other hand passes the ball back horizontally. "In the shower pattern, every ball is thrown in a high arc from the right hand to the left (or vice versa) and then quickly passed off with a low throw from the left to the right hand (or vice versa)." The animation depicts a 3-ball version. Siteswap notation for shower patterns is (2n-1)1, where n is the number of objects juggled. (i.e. 31 for 2 balls, 51 for 3 balls, 71 for 4 balls, etc...) The circular motion of the balls is commonly represented in cartoons as the archetypical juggling pattern, somewhat at odds with reality, where the cascade is more common. By constantly reversing the direction, the box pattern can be formed.

There are two different types of shower: synchronous shower, where both hands throw their ball at the same time and asynchronous shower.

Shower (洗澡) is a 1999 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Zhang Yang and starring Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin and Jiang Wu. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September 1999 and won the FIPRESCI Prize. Though only the second directorial work by Zhang and the third production of Imar Film, Shower was selected for numerous film festivals, including San Sebastian Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and Seattle International Film Festival, where it received many awards.

Written by Zhang and a team of young scriptwriters, the film revolves around a family-run bathhouse in Beijing. An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.